National Human Rights Commission of Mongolia, Confederation of Mongolian Trade Unions, and Friedrich Ebert Foundation co-organise training on the right to labour involving 55 participants from Gobi region including members of trade unions, local officers of the NHRCM, and state inspectors of the Specialised Inspection Authority from 14 to 25 March 2016. As a result of the training the participants exchanged opinions on cooperation for the promotion and protection of the right to labour and...
National Human Rights Commission of Mongolia, jointly with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Association for the Prevention of Torture, organized discussion on ‘Roles and importance of the national preventive mechanism against torture’ on 10 March 2016....
Chief Commissioner Byambadorj Jamsran had a meeting with Ms.Shazeera Zawawi, Asia Pacific Programme Officer of the Association for the Prevention of Torture, and Mr. Ben Buckland, NHRI Advisor, on 9 March 2016. At the beginning of the meeting Prof. Byambadorj Jamsran briefed on activities of the NHRCM and its efforts and achievements in preventing from torture and its ongoing actions to establish national preventive mechanism in Mongolia. Ms.Shazeera Zawawi commended Mongolia is publicly...
‘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 ...
Inquiry team headed by Commissioner Oyunchimeg Purev conducted inquiry into the rights of patients of the National Center for Mental Health and persons who are under their permanent care on 20 January 2016. The meeting to sum up the outcome of the inquiry was held at the NHRCM on 14 March 2016 and attended by Chief Commissioner Byambadorj Jamsran, Commissioners Ganbayar Nanzad and Oyunchimeg Purev, S.Lambaa, State Secretary of the Ministry of Health, and G.Narangerel,. Through this meeting the...
The 29th General Meeting of the International Coordinating Committee of the national institutions for the promotion and protection of the human rights and freedoms was held in Geneva, Switzerland from 21 to 23 March 2016. This time the NHRIs discussed a number of issues such as urgent human rights problems emerging at international level and steps to improve organization of NHRIs, their regional and international networks. Tuesday morning session was chaired by Prof. Byambadorj Jamsran,...
National Human Rights Commission of Mongolia, jointly with "the Sustainable Artisanal Mining” project of the Swiss Development and Cooperation Agency and Association of Local Media, conducted ‘Human rights based approach and media’ training for provincial journalists on 23 March 2016....
Dr. Oyunchimeg Purev, Commissioner of the National Human Rights Commission of Mongolia, participated in the Workshop ‘Guaranteeing access to remedies for business-related human rights abuses: Role of NHRIs’ on Rabat, Morocco on 2 and 3 March 2016. The workshop was attended by the representatives of the NHRIs of the Asia-Pacific, Africa, Europe, and Americas, officials of the UNOHCHR, and representatives of other relevant bodies and experts....
Prof. Byambadorj Jamsran, Chief Commissioner of the National Human Rights Commission of Mongolia met the delegates of the Taipei Trade and Economic Representative Office in Ulaanbaatar, headed by Mr. Huan Kwo Run on 1 January 2016. During the meeting Mr. Huan Kwo Run stated he would like to closely cooperate and exchange experiences with the NHRCM in developing cooperation between Mongolia and Taiwan and promoting human rights....
