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JIPYONG held a webinar to present the results of the “Project to Support Human Rights Activities, and Litigation and Research for Public Interest in the Midst of COVID-19 Pandemic”

2021.10.07

On October 7, 2021, JIPYONG and DUROO held a webinar to present the results of the “Project to Support Human Rights Activities, and Litigation and Research for Public Interest in the Midst of COVID-19 Pandemic.” 
 
Focusing on the fact that our society is facing new social issues that it has never experienced before due to the spread of the COVID-19 virus, the foregoing project, hosted by JIPYONG and organized by DUROO, aimed to support activities that may help protect the human rights of the marginalized group in our society and promote the common good, and to support related human rights activities, litigation, and research for the public interest.  
 
The project selected nine teams which consist of attorneys, law professors, activist groups for youth rights and disability rights, lawyers including law school students, and NGOs across various sectors this year. They engaged in public interest litigation as well as research for the public interest in various sectors including Research on: △ Covid 19 and the current status of the human rights of the disabled; △ the pandemic and the rights of inmates under the international human rights norms; △ Covid 19 and the rights of runaway teenagers; and △ legal actions against child abuse cases arising during the pandemic. The results presentation was held to demonstrate the results and achievements of the nine teams which took a human rights-centered approach to resolve many human rights problems arising during the pandemic for about one year.  
 
In November, 2020, JIPYONG and DUROO launched the “Project to Support Human Rights Activities, and Litigation and Research for Public Interest in the Midst of COVID-19 Pandemic” and selected 9 organizations to provide support to their public interest and human rights activities, public interest litigation, and research in an attempt to promote activities advocating for the rights of minorities and to enhance the common good in during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Awards & Commissions Jipyong and Duroo awarded the ‘Public Service Award’ at the ‘5th Korea Legal Awards’ 2022.12.12

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