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A report by the UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights Mongolia indicated in December 2012 that while Mongolia "is currently experiencing a major resource boom and the country is on the brink of one of the most dramatic transformations in its history," with the mining of mineral wealth and foreign investment "expected to ...
Manjaagiin Ichinnorov (Mongolian: Манжаагийн Ичинноров; born 12 December 1970) is a Mongolian civil rights activist, born in the Khovd Province of Western Mongolia. She was awarded the Mahatma Gandhi Award "For Fighting against Social Injustices with Peaceful Means" in September 2007 by the India Mongolia Friendship Association.
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 ...
China provided economic support to Mongolia by building factories and apartment blocks, and thousands of Chinese laborers were involved in the projects until they were withdrawn in 1962 in an unsuccessful bid to pressure Mongolia to break with the USSR during the Sino-Soviet split. A military build-up on the Sino-Mongolian border began in 1963 ...
The first constitution was passed by the First National Great Hural on November 26, 1924. [1] It abolished the monarchical system under Buddhist theocracy and established a people's republic, described the legislative consolidation of state power, provided a basic statement of socioeconomic and political rights and freedoms for the people, and espoused a national program that would bypass the ...
The State Great Khural had 8 standing committees and 10 subcommittees. The Democratic Party (34), The Mongolian People's Party (26), The Justice Coalition of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party – The Mongolian National Democratic Party (11), The Civil Will Party – The Green Party (2), and 3 independents won seats in the parliament.
The Mongolian Revolution of 1990, known in Mongolia as the 1990 Democratic Revolution (Mongolian: 1990 оны ардчилсан хувьсгал, romanized: 1990 ony ardchilsan khuvisgal), was a peaceful democratic revolution which led to the country's transition to a multi-party system. [1]
An independence referendum was held in the Mongolian People's Republic on 20 October 1945. [1] It was approved by 100% of voters, with no votes against, according to official statistics. Voter turnout was 98%. [2] Mongolia had gained de facto independence from the Republic of China in the Mongolian Revolution of 1921.