New York, 22nd March 2011 — On 21st and 22nd March 2011, the United Nations Human Rights Committee reviewed the fifth Report of Mongolia on the implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights  (ICCPR).  In this context, NGOs produced a report, which details the main human rights violations in Mongolia.

This report written by 11 national NGOs in cooperation with the Centre for Civil and Political Rights (CCPR Centre),highlights several short comings that were discussed at length between the Committee Members and the Mongolian Delegation.

Amongst the main subject of concern, the report recalls the violence that occurred after the elections of July 2008, which is yet to be fully investigated. The charges against the 14 police officers were dropped under the Amnesty Law of July 2009. Despite that the Prosecutor reopened the cases of 4 senior officers in November 2010.  The Human Rights Committee was also concerned by the allegations contained in the report about the 270 persons who have been charged with instigating public disorder, amongst other offences. Some protesters remain detained up to date. “The NGO coalition insists that Court decisions were unlawful and demands that these criminal records should be removed”, said BadamragchaaPurevdorj from the Open Society Forum. 
 
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