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    Case study · Yongin, South Korea

    The house of human rights, accessible from the front door.

    How the National Human Rights Education Institute—the new training center of the National Human Rights Commission of Korea—embeds NaviLens into its exhibition hall in Yongin: 20 codes guide blind and low-vision visitors from the entrance to the exit, zone by zone, in the technology's first deployment in South Korea.

    Entrance of the Human Rights Exhibition Hall + Empathy at the National Human Rights Education Institute: white wall with the exhibition map in Korean and English, a NaviLens code next to the sign and, in the background, the orange tunnel of the first zone

    1st

    NaviLens deployment in South Korea

    20

    NaviLens codes from entrance to exit

    2,500 sq ft

    Exhibition hall (70 pyeong) in the new institute

    42

    Languages read aloud, Korean included

    The client

    National Human Rights Education Institute

    The National Human Rights Commission of Korea (NHRC), established in 2001, is the country's independent human rights institution. On April 28, 2026 it opened the National Human Rights Education Institute (국가인권교육원) in Singal-dong (Giheung-gu, Yongin), its first center dedicated to human rights training and education, with classrooms, training spaces and an exhibition open to the public.

    The “Human Rights Exhibition Hall + Empathy” covers roughly 2,500 square feet organized into five zones plus a participatory space: “The Path of Dignity”—the Universal Declaration—, a timeline of the major international norms, an illustrated mural for seeing everyday life through a human rights lens, the “Eye Contact” encounter, the “Heart Mailbox” letter wall and the “Human Screen.”

    On top of that route, the institute adds the NaviLens layer: wayfinding and exhibit content also reach those who cannot read the panels, in the technology's first deployment in South Korea.

    § The challenge

    So the house of human rights leaves no one out.

    1. 01

      An exhibition made of text

      Timelines, declarations, murals and signs in Korean and English: nearly all the content is visual. Without an audio layer, a blind visitor depends on a companion to access precisely the message the center wants to convey.

    2. 02

      Finding your way in a brand-new building

      The institute opened in April 2026 and every visitor arrives for the first time. The full journey had to be solved: the main entrance, the information desk, the entrance to the exhibition, moving from zone to zone, and the exit.

    3. 03

      Practicing what it teaches

      A public center that teaches equality and non-discrimination must demonstrate them in its own space. And there was no previous NaviLens reference in South Korea to build on.

    Orange “HUMAN RIGHTS” tunnel in The Path of Dignity zone, with the text of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Korean and English and a NaviLens code next to the panel

    § The solution

    Twenty codes, one complete journey.

    Twenty NaviLens codes cover the route end to end: the building entrance, the entrance to the exhibition, the information desk, the interior routes, the five exhibition zones with their content points, the participatory space and the exit.

    The NaviLens GO app detects each code from a distance, on the move and with no need to aim, and reads aloud where the visitor is and what each zone is about, in the phone's language: 42 languages, Korean included.

    The same signage serves everyone: sighted visitors scan for extra information; blind visitors orient themselves and access the exhibition content with the same independence.

    § Gallery

    Six spaces, one accessible layer.

    “Human Rights, Connecting the World” wall with the timeline of international norms since 1941, next to the dark wall of landmark texts with its NaviLens code
    Doorway with white curtains of the “Human Screen” installation; next to the sign, a NaviLens code and the room's instructions
    “Heart Mailbox” participatory space: wooden wall with hanging letters, a burgundy POST mailbox and a white table, with the NaviLens code next to the sign
    Illustrated “Through a Human Rights Lens” mural with everyday scenes of coexistence and a NaviLens code next to the introductory text

    § Timeline

    From opening day to the country's first NaviLens.

    1. 2001

      South Korea establishes its national human rights commission

      The National Human Rights Commission of Korea (NHRC) is born: the independent institution charged with protecting and promoting human rights in the country and expanding human rights education across the public and private sectors.

    2. Apr 28, 2026

      The National Human Rights Education Institute opens

      The NHRC opens its first center dedicated to human rights education in Yongin (Gyeonggi). The ceremony is attended by commission chairperson Ahn Chang-ho and the city's acting mayor, along with about a hundred officials.

    3. 2026

      First NaviLens deployment in South Korea

      The exhibition hall adds 20 NaviLens codes covering the entrance, the desk, the routes, the five zones, the participatory space and the exit: wayfinding and content accessible by voice in 42 languages.

    § Results

    A debut that sets the path.

    Complete

    Independent journey from entrance to exit, zone by zone

    Free

    Cost to the visitor: NaviLens GO app free on iOS and Android

    Benchmark

    First deployment in South Korea, replicable across the country's public network

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