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190373
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ABOUT MONGOLIA AND UN WORKSHOP OF ENSURING HUMAN RIGHTS
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, /MONTSAME/ Last year, in March 2010, Mongolia submitted its Universal Periodic Review ("UPR") report on Human Rights which was reviewed during the 9th session of the UPR working Group in Geneva. As a follow-up to this process and the ongoing support of the international community to Mongolia, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the United Nations in Mongolia jointly organized a one day workshop on UPR follow-up on 21 June 2011.
While the primary responsibility of implementing the UPR recommendations on human rights rests with the State under review, it was emphasized that other stakeholders could also play an important role in the UPR follow-up process, particularly in their supporting and monitoring role in implementation of the UPR recommendations.
The primary objective of this workshop was the presentation by the Government of their UPR follow-up action plan and, through sharing of experiences from other countries, to analyze the respective roles to be played by various actors in following upon the UPR recommendations. The workshop examined practical means and ways through which an effective implementation of the UPR recommendations on human rights could be ensured on the ground, including through the National UPR Implementation Action Plan adopted by the Government Cabinet on 18 May 2011 and through enhancing the complementarity between the UPR and other international human rights mechanisms.
Mr. Battumur, a director of the Law and Treaty Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, stressed the importance of active participation of NGOs and Government agencies in the implementation of the action plan. He expressed the wish to receive further expert advice and technical assistance from the United Nations in the implementation of the UPR recommendations. Mr. Dashdorj, a representative of the National Human Rights Commission of Mongolia (NHRCM), underlined the importance of implementing its own recommendations to the Government, and highlighted the role of the NHRCM in monitoring the Action Plan in the years to come.
Workshop participants also stressed the need for broad consultation with civil society in defining specific indicators and benchmarks that serve to monitor implementation of the action plan.
Workshop participants recalled that the ultimate aim of the UPR was to improve the human rights situation in all countries and address human rights violations wherever they occur. In order to achieve this goal, they stressed that national ownership and broad participation of stakeholders is the cornerstone for effective follow-up.
B.Khuder
While the primary responsibility of implementing the UPR recommendations on human rights rests with the State under review, it was emphasized that other stakeholders could also play an important role in the UPR follow-up process, particularly in their supporting and monitoring role in implementation of the UPR recommendations.
The primary objective of this workshop was the presentation by the Government of their UPR follow-up action plan and, through sharing of experiences from other countries, to analyze the respective roles to be played by various actors in following upon the UPR recommendations. The workshop examined practical means and ways through which an effective implementation of the UPR recommendations on human rights could be ensured on the ground, including through the National UPR Implementation Action Plan adopted by the Government Cabinet on 18 May 2011 and through enhancing the complementarity between the UPR and other international human rights mechanisms.
Mr. Battumur, a director of the Law and Treaty Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, stressed the importance of active participation of NGOs and Government agencies in the implementation of the action plan. He expressed the wish to receive further expert advice and technical assistance from the United Nations in the implementation of the UPR recommendations. Mr. Dashdorj, a representative of the National Human Rights Commission of Mongolia (NHRCM), underlined the importance of implementing its own recommendations to the Government, and highlighted the role of the NHRCM in monitoring the Action Plan in the years to come.
Workshop participants also stressed the need for broad consultation with civil society in defining specific indicators and benchmarks that serve to monitor implementation of the action plan.
Workshop participants recalled that the ultimate aim of the UPR was to improve the human rights situation in all countries and address human rights violations wherever they occur. In order to achieve this goal, they stressed that national ownership and broad participation of stakeholders is the cornerstone for effective follow-up.
B.Khuder
