Mongolia joins ICCPED and Convention against Torture

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The permanent representative of Mongolia to the United Nations Mr O.Och presented February 12 to the UN Office of Legal Affairs the President’s Confirmation Letter of Credence on the Ratification of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (ICCPED) and of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. Mongolian parliament officially ratified the ICCPED on October 9 and the additional protocol of the UN Convention against Torture on December 11. In accordance with the Conventions, the implementation and full observance of the duties of the country before the Conventions must start in 30 days after submitting the confirmation letters of credence on ratification. Through submitting the confirmation letter of credence, Mongolia becomes the 45th country to ratify and join the ICCPED adopted in 2006 and the 77th country to ratify the additional protocol adopted in 2002 to the Convention against Torture, which was developed and adopted by the UN General Assembly of 1984.