“Launching a Policy Journal titled Rights and Interest”: Anti-Corruption Policies Studied through Academic Research

- ACRC will launch a policy journal, Rights and Interests, specializing in the prevention of corruption and protection of rights and interests in September this year

- For the next 3 months starting from May 1, manus including various research papers on the prevention of corruption, handling grievances, and administrative disputes

(April 1, 2024, ACRC)

The Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission (ACRC, Chairperson Ryu Chul Whan) will launch a policy journal on the prevention of corruption and protection of rights and interests with the aim of sharing new theories through studies on the prevention of corruption and protection of the rights and interests of citizens and utilizing them in policies.

The title of the journal is Rights and Interests which represents ACRC and covers the work of the Commission, which was selected through a public naming contest held in January 2024.

Rights and Interests is scheduled to be launched in September this year and the initial print run will be approximately 1,000 copies, which will be distributed to the National Assembly, universities, public service-related organizations, and national/public libraries.

※ Submission of manus will open from April 1^st to June 30^th for three months.

The fields of manus contributed to Rights and Interests will be research papers about the rights and interests of citizens, including ▴prevention of corruption*, ▴administrative dispute systems and cases, such as administrative appeals, and ▴citizens’ grievance handling systems for and resolved cases. Along with these fields, people can also contribute critiques (reviews), international materials, and policy working papers. A manu fee of up to 2 million won will be paid.

* Corruption detection and prevention policies, corruption and public interest violations reporting and protection and rewards, prohibition of solicitation and prevention of conflict of interest, public fund recovery, integrity and ethical management, etc.

Papers published in Rights and Interests will be utilized as policy materials, such as for improving laws and institutions related to the prevention of corruption and protection of the rights and interests of citizens. In addition, they will be utilized as the theoretical foundation to enhance transparency within public offices by applying them in research on the curriculum at the Anti-Corruption Training Institute (ACTI), a specialized institute for integrity education provided to public officials.

Further details, such as how to write and contribute the manu to the journal Rights and Interests are available at the websites of both ACRC (https://www.acrc.go.kr) and ACTI (https://edu.acrc.go.kr).

ACRC Chairperson Ryu Chul Whan said, “We are launching Rights and Interests, bearing in mind that it is necessary to expand the academic base in order to fundamentally enhance the prevention of corruption and protection of the rights and interests of citizens in Korea. We anticipate that Rights and Interests will serve as an opportunity for professional policy studies on the rights and interests of citizens and hope that many researchers will participate.”