This study aims to analyze the effects of enforcement of ‘the Student Human Rights Ordinance’ on the making human rights environment in schools. For this purpose, I used the Korean Survey on the Rights of Children and Youth 2019 data, and analyzed the effects of the Student Human Rights Ordinance on the both of a promotion of human rights friendly environment and a reduction of human rights violation in schools with OLS and PSM regression.
The results of the analysis are as follows. First, there was not statistically significant effect of the enforcement of the Student Human Rights Ordinance on the human rights friendly school environment. Second, the enforcement of the Student Human Rights Ordinance had statistically significant effect in reduction of the human rights violations in schools. Third, among the personal variables, students' psychological characteristics, such as self-esteem, happiness, and awareness of guaranteeing human rights, had a statistically significant effect on the promotion of human rights friendly environment, and the reduction of human rights violation in schools. Fourth, students’ participating in human rights education had also statistically significant effect in both of the promotion of the promotion of human rights friendly environment, and the reduction of human rights violation in schools. Finally, it was shown that the more inclusive and caring for the vulnerable social groups in the local community, the more it can have a positive effect on the promotion of human rights friendly environment and reduction of human rights violation in schools.
Based on these results, this study suggested that it is necessary to develop and promote activities that can spread a culture of caring and respect each other in schools, and to mainstream the human rights of children and adolescents beyond the institutionalization of student human rights.