Mongolia to report implementation of Convention against Torture

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The cabinet at its meeting January 7 obligated the Justice and Foreign Affairs Ministers to present Mongolia’s Second Report on Implementation of the UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, to the UN Human Rights Council. The report has been prepared jointly by the Ministry of Justice, the Office of Prosecutor-General, the General Authority for Implementing Court Decisions, the State Supreme Court, the General Police Department, the National Human Rights Commission, and the Corruption Combating Agency. The Government ratified in 2002 this Convention that creates a mechanism to ensure human rights during the criminal procedures, directs countries to adopt related regulations and to conduct monitoring and researches on international levels. Our First Report on the Convention’s implementation was presented in 2010. The Second Report has observed all recommendations given in 2010 by the UN Committee against Torture, and has presented implementation status of all 16 chapters of the Convention.