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Since its turn towards democracy in 1990, Mongolia has in principle acknowledged the concept of human and civic rights. “Human rights law,” according to one human-rights organization, “is a rapidly expanding area in the Mongolian legal system.” [1] In September 2000, Mongolia unilaterally adopted the so-called “Millennium Goal 9,” which is “to strengthen human rights and foster ...
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 ...
With the changes taking place internationally in the communist world, in particular in the Soviet Union, which had sheltered and led Mongolia; young people in Mongolia wanted to make a change in the society and the way the government was running its business. In addition, Mongolia suffered economic hardships from as early as the 1980s.
Mongolia's first film studio, set up with Soviet aid in 1935, produced the drama Norjmaa's Destiny in 1938 but generally concentrated on full-length feature films about heroes from Mongolian history. There were co-productions with Soviet filmmakers, such as Son of Mongolia (1936), as well as film versions of classics such as Transparent Tamir ...
Bawden, Charles. "Mongolia: Ancient and Modern" History Today (Feb 1959) 9#2 p103-112. Bold, Bat-Ochir. Mongolian Nomadic Society: a reconstruction of the 'medieval' history of Mongolia (Routledge, 2013). Buyandelgeriyn, Manduhai. "Dealing with uncertainty: shamans, marginal capitalism, and the remaking of history in postsocialist Mongolia."
Zoljargal Purevdash’s “If Only I Could Hibernate,” the first Mongolian film to be shown in Cannes’ official selection, marks another important step for the industry that’s ready to make ...
In 2009, after more than 10 failed attempts, the Mongolian Government registered the LGBT Centre (Mongolian: ЛГБТ төв), the sole non-governmental LGBT human rights organisation. [20] Initially, the State Registration Agency refused to register the organization because it "conflicts with Mongolian customs and traditions and has the ...