Mongolia

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Landlocked and traditionally isolated, Mongolia possesses a great wealth of under-exploited natural resources, including gold, silver and copper, as well as 10% of the world's known coal reserves. Although the country is peaceful and politically stable, corruption, insufficient transparency in government affairs, and an ambiguous foreign investment legal framework have undermined its capacity to fully capitalize on its economic potential.

MONGOLIA: Prevent Domestic Violence to Strengthen Local Women through Providing Legal Knowledge

This sub-project aimed to prevent domestic violence in Mongolia by raising awareness on the characteristics of domestic violence, psychosocial features of a victim/survivor, and related legal knowledge among local women. Beautiful Hearts, in cooperation with Authority of Family, Child, and Youth Development, strengthened cooperation between paralegal organizations in the Tuv province; delivered capacity development sessions for paralegals on human rights and gender equality and supported their advocacy activities targeting local girls and women.

MONGOLIA: Promoting the Law on Combating Domestic Violence (2016): Increasing Awareness and Knowledge

This sub-project aimed to increase knowledge among the elderly on how to exercise their legitimate rights to prevent domestic violence (DV) and restore their rights in the event of becoming a victim of any form of violence. MAEP delivered training sessions to social workers on strengthening the provision of legal aid to the elderly in cases of DV, developing a database of consultants for the provision of legal services and raising awareness on the available legal and social services among local communities in Ulaanbaatar city and Dakhan province.

MONGOLIA: Against Domestic Violence

This sub-project aimed to strengthen the response to domestic violence (DV) through intermediary services, and raise awareness on the revised Law on Combating Domestic Violence (2016) among the local community in the Jargalant soum, Khovd aimag. In order to achieve these objectives, the Sain Tus Khugjliin Guur (STKG) delivered a series of training sessions on women and children’s rights, DV prevention and available referral services to community members, and provided legal counselling and referral services to victims of DV.

MONGOLIA: Prevention of Gender-Based Violence

This sub-project aimed to increase access to legal assistance and referral services for victims of gender-based violence (GBV) and domestic violence (DV).

MONGOLIA: Let's Know Your Rights and Let's Recognize Your Rights, Project for Women with Disability

This sub-project sought to enhance the quality and accessibility to legal assistance for women with disabilities, victims of domestic violence (DV), and those at risk of experiencing DV. The Mongolian National Association for Wheelchair Users (MNAWU) delivered training on social models of disability and human rights to police officers; supported paralegals with disabilities in developing a training and service plan; and facilitated consultation and mediation services for sub-project beneficiaries at the One-Stop Centres in the cities of Ulaanbaatar and Darkhan.

MONGOLIA: School-based Violence Prevention

This sub-project aimed to prevent and protect children and women from becoming victims of gender-based violence (GBV) by empowering schoolteachers and social workers to talk to children and parents about domestic violence (DV). The Gender Equality Center delivered a series of training sessions on DV and GBV prevention to teachers, students and parents, and provided counselling services at school in Zamiin-Uud, Dornogovi province. The Implementing Partner also organized awareness-raising activities engaging children and parents as agents of change to prevent DV and child violence.

MONGOLIA: Promoting the Law on Combating Domestic Violence (2016): Increasing Awareness and Knowledge

This sub-project aimed to challenge gender stereotypes and reduce the risk of domestic violence (DV) in the Kazakh province of Bayan-Ulgii in Mongolia. Myanganii Devshil organized psychological and legal counselling for victims of DV and increased the legal knowledge of social workers through training sessions across the province.

Children’s Access to Justice in Mongolia

The COVID-19 pandemic and efforts to contain it have had severe and long-lasting impacts on Mongolia. Though prevention and containment measures have successfully prevented a large-scale health crisis, extended lockdowns have negatively affected children’s access to education, psychological and physical wellbeing and reduced the capacity of the Mongolian justice system to respond to crimes against children.

The Shadow Pandemic: Addressing gender-based violence during COVID-19

Violence against women has long been recognized as a global epidemic, and the COVID-19 pandemic has significantly escalated threats to women’s safety, security and access to justice.

Rule of Law in the time of COVID-19: Mongolia

Like all other parts of public life, the administration of justice and access to legal remedies and dispute resolution have been severely disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The notes series ‘Rule of Law in the time of COVID-19’ provides a perspective from the field of how the justice system has been affected by the pandemic and how national justice actors are responding and adapting to the situation.

Key Initiatives

Evaluation of the project "Strengthening Enforcement of Court Decisions in Mongolia - Phase I and II"

As part of IDLO’s continuous commitment to accountability and results-based management, IDLO is pleased to share this Evaluation Brief (summarised evaluation report): “Strengthening Enforcement of Court Decisions in Mongolia - Phase I and II”. The evaluation has been conducted by independent evaluation experts, supervised by IDLO’s Evaluation Unit.
Evaluation of the project "Commercial Law Judicial Capacity Building in Mongolia"

As part of IDLO’s continuous commitment to accountability and results-based management, IDLO is pleased to share this Evaluation Brief (summarised evaluation report): “Commercial Law Judicial Capacity Building in Mongolia”. The evaluation has been conducted by independent evaluation experts, supervised by IDLO’s Evaluation Unit.