피해자지원센터의 재도약을 위한 제언

Suggestions on Improvement and Development of the Victim Support Center

This paper suggests policies that would help victim support center to redirect its future through recollection of the past and analysis of the present. The center has contributed to establishing the foundation of victim support and it is about time that we need to think back and rearrange the components in order to take a step forward. There have been continuous debates inside and outside of the center as to problems that the center possesses and the need of improvements to be made. These debates are essential for the center’s development. Thus we need to examine each and every suggested policy for its practicality and to implement one by one if possible. I was one of the founding members of victim support center who has been making suggestions on the ways in which the center can support the victims more effectively and improve its efficiency. Some of the solutions are to be implemented by the center whereas others are to be made by the government. In this context, I have made some of the suggestions that would help the center to overcome the challenges it is facing at the moment. In order for the center to be the best civilian victim support center, we need to sketch and proceed a mid-long term fundamental plan, reestablish the alliance, diagnose and assess the organization, and train the experts. Also, financial resources have to be stabilized and practical support measures need to be deployed. The most important point is to represent the victim’s interest at all times. I contribute this paper to the commemorative dissertation book for the honorary president Gun-Sik Min, hoping that the center can leap once again.