ACRC, Making Presentation on Cases of Resolution of Collective Complaints at the AOA Conference

- 13 heads of ombudsman institutions will participate, and the ACRC will share cases, including the acknowledgment of land ownership of settlers in Yanggu County, Gangwon Province, and the improvement of the living conditions of settlement for lepers –

(October 19 2022, ACRC)

Chairperson of the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission (ACRC) participated in the AOA Conference held in Baku, the capital city of Azerbaijan, starting on October 19 for two days and gave a presentation on cases of resolution of collective complaints regarding the protection of human rights.

The AOA Conference in Baku is held for the first time in three years since the 2019 Istanbul Conference, which was organized to share and discuss the major trend in human rights in Asian countries and best practices of the resolution by the ombudsmen.

Human rights experts from national human rights institutions and international organizations and the heads of ombudsman institutions from 13 countries, including Korea, China, Japan, Pakistan, Indonesia, and Central Asia, participated in the conference as main speakers.

An ACRC Official participated in the conference through video and made a presentation on the significance of the resolution of collective complaints in terms of human rights protection by ombudsmen and major cases of complaints that the ACRC resolved.

The first case was about the protection of people’s property rights which enabled the acknowledgment of the legal land ownership of settlers who moved to Haean-myeon, Yanggu County, Gangwon Province, a reclaimed region, and cultivated the land for a long period of time.

The second case was about the protection of the human rights of lepers by improving the settlements for lepers suffering from poor living conditions.

An ACRC Official said, “The ACRC actively works to resolve not only grievances of each and every one of the people but also collective complaints, the cause of social conflict. The ACRC will make the utmost effort to promote cooperation and solidarity among ombudsman institutes in Asia by sharing cases about the resolution of collective complaints in Korea with the international community.”