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A report by the United Nations Human Rights Team Group in 2006 noted that while "Mongolia's mining sector has become an important part of Mongolia's economic development in the past ten years, this economic development has not been conducted in a manner consistent ... with [Millennium] Goal 9 to 'strengthen human rights' in Mongolia." Among its ...
Mongolia adopted the Law on Legal Status of the Human Rights Defenders on 2 April 2021 and was the first country in Asia to introduce the human rights defender’s mechanism. The Human Rights Defenders Committee is independent and autonomous affiliated with NHRCM, with the mandate to protect human rights defenders and to work associated with ...
Dozens of Mongolian protesters marched to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs headquarters in Ulaanbaatar and demanded a reaction against ongoing repression of Mongol rights in China. [37] The leader of the IMPP, Temtsiltu Shobtsood , who lives in exile in Germany, accused China of "trying to suppress" the Mongolian language.
The Inner Mongolia government under Hu Chunhua tightened security in Inner Mongolian cities, including dispatching People's Armed Police troops to central Hohhot. To address the underlying issues, the government provided compensation to the family of the victim, brought forth tougher environmental regulations, and dismissed the Communist Party ...
Mongolian authorities said they had created a working group to dialogue with the protesters. [5] It was reported that the government of Mongolia discussed the situation three times and introduced a "special regime" about the state-owned coal company Erdenes Tavantolgoy. The Minister of Economic Development named five former directors of the ...
April 30 - Mongolian Parliament officially adopts a decree to provide protection on human rights defenders. According to United Nations OHCHR, Mongolia is the first country in Asia to adopt such measure, giving hopes on further commitment on human rights in Mongolia and the region. [4]
After two years under the official moratorium, the State Great Khural formally signed the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. [10] This makes Mongolia abolitionist because under Article 1, paragraphs 1 and 2, of the Covenant, “No one within the jurisdiction of a State Party to the present ...
Mongolia has supported landmark LGBT reforms at the United Nations. In 2011, it signed the "joint statement on ending acts of violence and related human rights violations based on sexual orientation and gender identity" at the United Nations, condemning violence and discrimination against LGBT people. [28]