‘Journalists for
Human Rights’ Club holds its regular meeting on 12 March 2016. At the meeting
Ms. T.Enkhtsetseg, Governance Expert of the ‘Sustainable Artisanal Mining’
project of the Swiss Development and Cooperation Agency, presented on the
activities conducted within the scope of the ‘Sustainable Artisanal Mining’
project. Swiss Development and Cooperation Agency launched ‘Sustainable
Artisanal Mining’ project on 2005, and since then it has undertaken a number of
activities to have artisanal miners’ activities comply with international norms
and standards and compensate damage incurred to the environment, help them
integrate into unified organization by forming partnerships, have them involved
in social insurance and health services, and promote their children’s right to
education, which results in positive changes. For instance, 29 percent of the
artisanal miners are insured in social insurance, and local folks started
implementing land rehabilitation activities in voluntary base. This project
will continue until the end of 2018.
In addition, Altangerel Choijoo, Head of the Policy Analysis and Human Rights Education Division of the National Human Rights Commission briefed on activities conducted by the NHRCM recently.
