Discrimination and inequality, it's time to stop!
A human rights story about changing the world with my own hands

Beyond the limitations of existing education, which lacks realistic examples and in-depth discussions, a new approach is needed that allows young people to directly experience and reflect on human rights issues.
In response to these social needs, a human rights knowledge book tailored to the youth's perspective, "Whose side is the law on?", was published.

This book is based on six human rights incidents that have recently become controversial in Korean society.
We help young people become 'judges', listen to the arguments of both the plaintiff and the defendant, and develop their own human rights awareness by making their own judgments.
This course will go beyond simply imparting knowledge and will greatly help develop critical thinking and empathy skills.

The book features a fictional court called 'Our Neighborhood Human Rights Court'.
And you'll become a juvenile judge in that court, and you'll personally pass judgment on the six cases presented in this book.
How can you make a judgment when you don't know much about human rights or the law? Don't worry.
To help you easily understand the details of each case, a trial researcher will create a report for each case.
And if you've read the report and made your own judgment, I'll share with you the actual incident that inspired the story.
It will also tell you what decisions the courts and the Constitutional Court made, and what happened after that.
--- p.5

This time, your honor, you have been assigned to try two cases involving people with disabilities.
The plaintiff in the first case is Hong Hee-kwan, a visually impaired person, and the defendant is the 'Miracle World' amusement park.
The plaintiff in the second case is also visually impaired Mr. Hong Hee-gwan, and the defendant is the 'Myeongjak' movie theater.
The plaintiff was denied entry to a ride at Miracle World because he was "visually impaired," and was unable to watch a movie at the Myeongjak Theater because the film did not provide the necessary assistive devices for the visually impaired.
The plaintiff claims that the defendants unfairly discriminated against him because he is disabled, and the defendants counter that they did not discriminate against him because of safety and cost issues.

I await the judge's wise decision in these two cases as well.
--- p.31

In 2019, a hearing-impaired couple went to High1 Resort in Jeongseon, Gangwon Province, and tried to ride the Alpine Coaster. However, the amusement park refused to allow them to ride, stating that "hearing-impaired people cannot hear announcements and may develop heart problems."
The hearing-impaired couple took the Alpine Coaster case to the National Human Rights Commission instead of the court, and the commission ruled that High1 Resort's refusal to allow the hearing-impaired to ride constituted "discrimination based on disability."
The National Human Rights Commission of Korea decided that since this amusement ride is easy to operate and even children can ride it alone, there would be no problem if safety precautions were sufficiently explained to the hearing impaired and safety signs were installed in the middle.
After the National Human Rights Commission's decision, High1 Resort installed reflective mirrors and warning signs on the rides to make them accessible to the hearing impaired.

--- p.50~51

Why is "patriarchy" a problem? It ignores the fact that both mothers and fathers give birth to and raise children together, and by restricting the use of only the father's surname, it discriminates against women's lineage within the family.
Also, among our language habits, we use the character "chin" (親, close) to refer to our father's family or relatives, and "oe" (外, outside, outside) to refer to our mother's family or relatives. If we look closely at these words, we see that they discriminate against our mother's family members within the family.
Patriarchy creates discrimination within the family, and this discrimination can lead to various conflicts between family members.
So, Korean patriarchy has been subject to a lot of criticism.
According to a July 2021 public opinion poll of South Korean citizens, 72% of respondents said that parents should be able to agree on their children's surnames.
Additionally, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, an international organization working to eliminate discrimination against women around the world, recommended in 2018 and 2024 that the Korean government "change the law to allow couples to freely decide the sex of their children."

--- p.70~71