BackThe Seoul Metropolitan Government held a ‘Panel Discussion on the Performance and Direction of the Citizens’ Ombudsman Commission’ on October 20, 2022 at 2 p.m. to look at the performance of the Citizens’ Ombudsman Commission and the plans on the direction of improving the rights of the people.
This panel discussion was attended by approximately 100 people, including central and local ombudsmen, the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission, civil society groups, legal advisors, the Citizen Participatory Ombudsmen, local public officials from around the nation, etc., to look at the past performance and search for development directions of the third Commission that began its term in May 2022. It began with a welcoming remark by Yong_Hak JOO, the Chair of the Citizens’ Ombudsman Commission of the Seoul Metropolitan Government, followed by complimentary messages from Sun-Chul YUN, executive director of the Citizens’ Coalition for Economic Justice, and Choon-Sig KIM, president of the Seoul Young Korean Academy.
The panel discussion was led by Kang-Soo PARK, the chair professor of Kyungdong University (previously, president of Pai Chai University). Young-Hun AHN, president of the Thinking-Lab (previously, legal consultant with the Ministry of Government Legislation), made a presentation on the performance of the ombudsman system of the Seoul Metropolitan Government, the comparison of the ombudsman systems implemented by the major developed countries and the direction of improving the system for the future.
The contents of the presentation included comparing the ombudsman system of the Seoul Metropolitan Government with that of the major cities in the USA, UK and France, as well as the emphasis on introducing an open-type ombudsman system by allowing more people to participate by relaxing the eligibility to becoming an ombudsman and using a more proactive collaboration system with the city council.
To read more, please find the full press release in the download section below.
Source: Seoul Metropolitan Government Citizens' Ombudsman Commission
