-Gwangju Human Rights Charter: Enactment and declaration (the first of its kind across Asia)
-Human Rights Index and Human Rights Impact evaluation Establishment: Plan of practical human rights conversion
-Cooperative projects with human rights organizations: Spread culture of human rights by civic
-Human Rights Ombudsman: Protect human rights of citizens
-Human Rights Villages: Formation of villager-led human rights culture communities
-“Gwangjuinkkotjigi” (Gwangju People Bearing Flowers): Development of voluntary human rights practices by civic activity group
-Human Rights Education for citizens : Gwangju Labor Center, Gwangju Non-regular Worker Support Center, Gwangju Youth Labor Human Rights Center, Labor Counselling Center for Youth and others
-Hosts the World Human Rights Cities Forum : Share the experiences and values that municipal governments have accumulated and search for ways to promote citizens’ human rights
Enhancement of exchanges with other human rights-related international organizations and non-governmental organizations
-Co-hosting with UNESCO and UN OHCHR (UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights)
-Co-hosting with UCLG Committee on Human Rights (UCLG-CISDPHR), the biggest local government network in the world, and Raoul Wallenberg Institute (RWI), an international human rights research institute based in Sweden
-‘International Advisory Committee’ formed of relevant people from cities and cooperating international organizations of the World Human Rights Cities Forum
-Adoption of the resolution by the United Nations Human Rights Council (twice) on ‘Local Government and Human Rights’ of the agenda suggested and led by the World Human Rights Cities Forum
: August, 2015 (A/HRC/30/49) & September, 2019 (A/HRC/42/22)
-Activity of co-chairman city of UCLG-CISDP
: Korea (Mayor of Gwangju Metropolitan City), France (Chairperson of the Seine Saint Denis Assembly, Chairperson of the Plaine Commune Grand Paris), Mexico (Mayor of the Mexico City)
-Activity of members of UNESCO ICCAR (International Coalition of Inclusive and Sustainable Cities) : Mayor of Gwangju Metropolitan City
-Activity of chairperson of the UNESCO APCAD (Asia-Pacific Coalition of Cities Against Discrimination) : Mayor of Gwangju Metropolitan City
Progression of International Human Rights Education
-Implementation of human rights education (Blended Learning Course) for local governments public officers in Asia Pacific Region (2019-ongoing) : Co-hosted by Gwangju Metropolitan City, Raoul Wallenberg Institute, UCLG-ASPAC
-KOICA Fellowship Program - Human Rights Education Training Program for Sustainable and Inclusive Community
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