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The Military's Denialism to Clean Up the Past and Professionalism

  • Journal of Human Rights Studies
  • Abbr : JHRS
  • 2019, 2(1), pp.109-143
  • DOI : 10.22976/JHRS.2019.2.1.109
  • Publisher : Korean Association of Human Rights Studies
  • Research Area : Social Science > Law > Law of Special Parts > Human Rights / International Human Rights Law
  • Received : April 30, 2019
  • Accepted : June 13, 2019
  • Published : June 30, 2019

Lee Hyungsook 1

1성공회대학교

ABSTRACT

The study is an analysis of the military's practice of denyingcrimes against humanity during the transition period from theperspective of military activism. Military Professionalism has beenstudied as a way to strengthen civil control over the military. Military Professionalism has a valid aspect with the military'sprocess of seizing political power and the theory of analyzingmilitary collective action after “returning to barracks.” In theprocess of defining the transition period, the military expresses theoccupational characteristics of “superiorism by perfect militaryofficers,” “battlesive proficiency” caused by a closed structure, and“expansion of responsibility” for past state violence acts. The studyanalyzes three military professional traits as examples: the death ofPrivate Heo Won-geun. South Korea is a security-oriented dividednation. The importance of security has resulted in increasing theimportance of the military among state organizations, and militaryvocationalism has led to the combined nature of the militarygradually becoming understood by the military in this political andsocial environment. As an alternative to the military's combinatorial activism in anti-human rights activities, active civilian involvement in militaryorganizations, formal apology from the Defense Ministry for pastmilitary-related state crimes and measures to prevent recurrence, andthe introduction of “internal command,” or “principles ofobedience,” presented by the German Federal Army.

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