This paper analyzes the draft bill of the North Korean Human Rights Act currently under the consideration in the Republic of Korea National Assembly from an international and comparative legal perspective. North Korea's human rights violations have deeply concerned the global community to such a degree that the United Nations Human Rights Council has adopted resolutions against North Korea for its human rights policy. Moreover, the United States and Japan passed laws regarding this question in 2004 and 2006, respectively. Since 2005 when the Grand National Party drafted a bill for promoting North Korea's human rights this draft has been also on the table for harsh debate in the Korean society. A critical point at issue lies in whether this draft bill would properly function for promotion of human rights in North Korea as well as maintaining peaceful relations between the two Koreas. There are different opinions. In order to understand the draft North Korean Human Rights Act, we should recognize its international character because this law, in spite of adopted as domestic law, would work as an instance of international law. For this purpose, first, this paper will discuss the international background of drafting the North Korean Human Rights Law. The UN Human Rights Council's resolutions will be explained. Second, this law will be compared with the US North Korean Human Rights Act of 2004 because the latter is the model bill of the former. Due to this, they tend to share many common regulations. Third, this paper is going to tackle the Bush Administration's foreign policy. Designating North Korea and other States as 'Axis of Evil' or 'Outpost of Tyranny,' the Bush Administration adopted many anti-dictatorship laws in the early 2000s. North Korean Human Rights Law should be regarded as one of these laws. Lastly, this paper will discuss the significance of the North Korean Human Rights Law from a viewpoint of Northeast Asian security. The concern exists that this law could play a leading role in bringing down the North Korean regime, accelerating the exodus of people in North Korea. Each provision will be investigated with a political sense as well as positive perspective.
목차
Ⅰ. 서론 Ⅱ. 북한인권법 제정 논의의 국제적 배경과 입법 과정 III. 미국의 대외정책과 북한인권법 IV. 한국과 미국의 북한인권법 비교 Ⅴ. 동아시아 안보와 북한인권법 Ⅵ. 결론 참고문헌 Abstract
키워드
북한인권법UN인권위원회반독재법안민주주의증진법탈북난민인도주의적 지원North Korean Human Rights LawUN Human Rights CommitteeNorth Korean RefugeesHumanitarian Assistant
전북대학교 동북아법연구소 [Institute for North-East Asian Law]
설립연도
2007
분야
사회과학>법학
소개
전북대학교 동북아법연구소는 동북아법에 관한 국내외의 이론과 실제를 연구하고 교육하며, 그 결과를 발표하여 동북아법에 대한 이해의 증진과 동북아의 법률문화발전에 기여하기 위한 목적으로 2006년 7월 설립되었다.
서해안시대의 중심지역을 표방한 전라북도의 지리적 여건과 동북아시아의 여러 국가와의 인적 물적 교류가 확대되면서 그에 따른 여러 가지 법률문제가 발생됨에 따라 동북아시아의 지역적 특성을 고려한 법제도의 연구와 이들 국가와 거래하는 전북지역 자치단체와 기업에 대한 실질적 교육의 필요성이 대두되었다.
이러한 요청에 따라 법제도의 연구와 교육을 담당할 기관으로 전북지역 거점국립대학인 전북대학교가 동북아법연구소를 설립하게 되었고 전북 지방자치단체와 기업에 대한 교육과 자문프로그램을 운영하고 있다.