The working group led by P. Oyunchimeg, Commissioner of the National Human Rights Commission conducted training on "Gender and Human Rights” to prepare trainers among aimag administrative and human resource personnel during 08-10 June 2018. The training was carried out as part of the "Towards a professional and citizen-centred civil service in Mongolia” project funded by United Nations Development Program, 2018-2021 in Choibalsan, Dornod....
The Mongolian National Human Rights Commission in cooperation with the "Universal Rights-Development” NGO conducted an international symposium "Freedom of speech: Historical importance and current state” on 15 June 2018 in Ulaanbaatar. The event was supported by the Mongolian Bar Association and the Globe International, NGO. The conference addressed importance of human right to freely expressing one’s views and opinion, as regarded as an innate right of a human being and this right is superior...
Commissioner Oyunchimeg Purev has hosted a meeting with Per-Anders Sunesson, New Swedish Ambassador to combat trafficking in human beings, on 29 May 2018....
The National Human Rights Commission of Mongolia, with financial support of European Union, has been implementing a project titled "Advancing the human rights education of health practitioners in Mongolia”. Within this project framework, the Commission has been organizing human rights training and promotional activities aimed at supporting health practitioners in ensuring accessibility, availability, acceptability and quality of health services, forming a human rights-based approach in...
The Mongolian human rights record was reviewed during the 2nd cycle of Universal Periodic Review by the Working Group of Human Rights Coucil of the United Nations in September 2015. The Government of Mongolia has received 150 recommendations out of 156 recommendations given by the UN Human Rights Council. In this regard, the Government of Mongolia has adopted a General Plan to implement these recommendations from 2016 to 2019 by its resolution No.204. Mongolia is planning to submit its...
In accordance with article 13.2.3 and article 20.1 of the Law on National Human Rights Commission of Mongolia (hereinafter "Commission”), the Commission submits its annual report on "Situation of Human Rights and Freedoms in Mongolia” to the Parliament within a first quarter. The 17th annual report was developed based on inquiries and studies undertaken by the Commission, and complaints and comments lodged to the Commission by individuals, implementation status of demands and...
Chief Commissioner Mr. Byambadorj Jamsran along with his Secretariat staff have hosted a meeting with Her Excellency Ambassador Ms. Anna Lindsted on 18 April 2018 at the Commission. During the meeting, Ambassador Anna Lindsted has expressed her concerns that the President of Mongolia has raised an issue of reinstating death penalty in Mongolia. She conveyed her hope that the death penalty will not be reinstated in Mongolia again. The Chief Commissioner also expressed his concerns about the...
Ms. Zolzaya Gantogtokh, Officer in Charge of Human Rights Education, has delivered a lecture on human rights issues for around 200 freshman and sophomore students of School of Security of the University of Defense on 17 April 2018. The lecture was held in occasion of celebrating a day for social and humanitarian methodology, which was being organized by the School of Security of the University of Defense....
The Chief Commissioner Mr. Byambadorj Jamsran and Commissioner Ms. Oyunchimeg Purev have hosted a meeting with Tuva community representatives from Tsagaannuur soum, Khuvsgul province. Commissioner Ms. Oyunchimeg Purev had an informal open talk with them by listening to their life situation, implementation of the rights of ethnic minorities as well as realization of outcomes of a joint-project implemented by the Commission and Tuva ethnic minorities before. Tuva or Dukha communities are one of...
Mr. Byambadorj Jamsran, Chief Commissioner of the National Human Rights Commission of Mongolia, has hosted a meeting with Mr. Léo Heller, UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation, on 17 April 2018. At the beginning of the meeting, Mr. Léo Heller introduced himself and his mandate as "I have been appointed by the United Nations with a fact-finding mission to identify whether Mongolian citizens are enjoying their right to safe drinking...
