The National Human Rights Commission of Mongolia and the Equal Rights Trust international organization have co-organized a training workshop on "Improving the monitoring and effective implementation of core international conventions in GSP+ countries” from 28-30 November 2017 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. The Equal Rights Trust, based in London, United Kingdom, is implementing a project in Mongolia, which involves the Trust providing strategic, technical, practical and financial support to...
27 September 2017 Good morning, Today, I would like to share some preliminary observations from my mission to Mongolia, which began on 19 September. As the United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment, I have been mandated by the United Nations Human Rights Council to promote the implementation of human rights obligations relating to the enjoyment of a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment. To that end, one of my tasks is to visit countries, discuss issues...
ULAANBAATAR / GENEVA (27 September 2017) – Mongolia needs to step up its action to protect the environment, including tackling the severe impacts of mining and coal-burning, a United Nations human rights expert has urged at the end of his first official visit to the country. "Global warming is changing Mongolia’s climate more rapidly than that of many other countries,” warned the Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment, Mr. John H. Knox, saying the country’s world-famous nomadic...
Representating the National Human Rights Commission of Mongolia, Commissioner Ganbayar Nanzad, participated International Forum on the theme: "The role of the Ombudsman in improving normative and legal acts in the field of human rights: expectations and prospects" organized in Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic between 6-8 September 2017. During the forum, following four matters were discussed separately as sub-sessions, namely, "Penitentiary system: reforms, resocialization of convicts”, "The role of...
High Commissioner on National Minorities of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe(OSCE)’s political advisor Mark Fumagalli, senior legal advisor Lawrence Hadirka, project officer Michael Angerman visited to the National Human Rights Commission of Mongolia on September 4, 2017 and met Chairperson J.Byambadorj and Chief executive officer Ch.Altangerel. It was the first ever visit to Mongolia for the representatives from High Commissioner on National Minorities and such...
ByambadorjJamsran, Chief Commissioner of the National Human Rights Commission, met Dr. Niels Hegewisch, newly appointed representative of Friedrich- Ebert Foundation of Federal Republic of Germany on May 11, 2017....
