This study aimed to explore the current situation and future tasks of human rights education in South Korean sport. Human rights violation in sport has emerged as a serious social problem in South Korea, shedding light on the important role that human rights education has in sport. Therefore, it is necessary to analyse the current situation in detail and investigate future tasks based on the principles of human rights education. Researchers collected the data through in-depth interviews with sports human rights trainers and managers, participatory observations on the classes, and public documents. The result was threefold. First, education contents were shown to be limited. Only the physical and sexual violence was addressed with an emphasis on offenders’ individual responsibilities, erasing the discussion about coaches' labour rights. Second, the ways in which education was delivered were revealed to be restricted. Large-sized classes and one-way methods were commonly implemented and different participants’ characteristics were neglected. Third, the administrative system was indicated to be unsustainable. The educational administration was inadequate to support proper education, lacking in the amount of budget and number of managerial staff. The education managers’ level of human rights awareness was low, which led to a negligence of their state obligations to protect human rights. Based on the analysis of the current situation, this study made two suggestions for future tasks. First, human rights education in sport must be based on human rights education principles made by the United Nations, and second, the government officials and educational administrators need to enhance their understanding of human rights education to meet their obligations to promote human rights.