GIC has marked the World Press Freedom Day (WPFD) 2015 holding the roundtable “Focus on Mongolia” on the occasion of the Freedom Online Coalition Conference in Ulaanbaatar. The roundtable was organised in cooperation with the UNESCO Beijing Office, Mongolian Open Society Forum, Austrian Embassy in Beijing and Confederation of Mongolian Journalists.

Globe International Center is holding a roundtable on the occasion of the World Press Freedom Day on May 3, 2015 at Open Society Forum's Conference Hall. The event will be organized in cooperation with the UNESCO Beijing Office, Open Society Forum, Austrian Embassy in Beijing and Confederation of Mongolian Journalists.

This statement on issues of the freedoms of opinion and expression is prepared by Globe International Center, a Mongolian NGO and is delivered on behalf of the Mongolian Human Rights NGO Forum. The topic was not raised at the 2010 UPR, but free expression situation is becoming alarming in the country due to the current legal and regulatory conditions. The issues are not raised in the current National report.

UPR Info has organised a pre-session meeting in Geneva on 7th April 2015 between civil society organisations (CSOs) and Permanent Missions to discuss the human rights situation of Mongolia in the lead up to its review under the Universal Periodic Review on 5th May 2015.

Social accountability is the extent and capability of citizens to hold the state “accountable” and make it “responsive” to their needs. Basically, this means the ability of citizens to engage with pub-lic institutions - or the private sector- and to participate in the decision making processes that affect their lives in order to achieve better outcomes.

Globe International Center is holding a Round table named “Freedom of Expression is a Human Right” on the occasion of the May 3 - World Press Freedom Day (WPFD). The event is scheduled on May 3, 2015 in the conference hall of the Open Society, Mongolia at 2 pm. The event will gather various stakeholders, including media representatives, politicians, lawyers, public officers, civil society and international organizations.

The project conducted two rapid monthly media campaigns in collaboration with eight aimag’s media outlets with a goal to raise awareness of the target communities on the Law  on FOI and right to information and  to promote transparency and integrity of  the local government through open public discussion in  2013 and  2014.

Globe International Center (GIC) is deeply concerned about criminal defamation charges brought against two provincial journalists - N.Munkhtur, from Orkhon province and S. Ankhbayar from Uvs province - based on complaints filed by the Chairmen of the Citizens Representative Khural. Even though the articles were in the public interest, the two journalists are being accused of defamation through online and social media.

From 30 January to 01 February 2015, Community Radio Association of Mongolia has organized three day training among it’s member local radio representatives. It was held in the framework of the project “Supporting the development of sustainable community radio movement in Mongolia with the finding of IPDC.

CRAMO (Community Radio Association of Mongolia) has organized his biannual General meeting on 2 February 2015 at Puma Imperial hotel. During the General meeting local radio managers has discussed a common challenges that community radio stations are facing now and had developed the strategy and action plan at local level.