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Centre for Human Rights and Development

Year Established: 1998

Short Historical Background

CHRD was established in 1998 by a group of human rights activists and lawyers. It is an independent non-governmental, non-partisan and non-profit organization registered under the Mongolian law on non-governmental organizations (NGOs).

Objectives

CHRD aims to contribute to the promotion and protection of human rights, and social justice in Mongolia. CHRD envisions a society where all individuals and groups have the capacity to claim and enjoy their human rights and fundamental freedoms contributing to the creation of a just and humane society through active, free and meaningful participation in development.

Programs

CHRD has programs on combating human trafficking, conducting and supporting effective human rights advocacy with a focus on environmental rights using public interest strategic litigation and international human rights advocacy, and promoting economic, social and cultural rights with a focus on the right to food and adequate housing standards through community development approaches.

Activities

CHRD contributes to the promotion and protection of human rights throughout Mongolia by:

1. Conducting legislative and policy advocacy to build improved and enabling environment for human rights protection;
2. Conducting research on, and monitoring of, human rights issues, and providing accurate and timely information about the human rights situation in Mongolia;
3. Supporting human rights advocacy of local civil society organizations;
4. Facilitating the participation of local citizens in community development;
5. Increasing public awareness on human rights issues;
6. Participating in regional and international human rights movements;
7. Running a Public Interest Law Clinic.

Publications

• Annual Report 2001, Mongolia
• National Human Rights Record 2001, Mongolia
• Proceedings of "National Workshop on Human Rights and International Criminal Court" (2002)
• Introduction to International Criminal Court (2002)
• Primer on International Criminal Court (2002)
• Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (2002)
• Methods of Qualitative Research (2002)
• Police and Human Rights Handbook (2002)
• Developing Gender Study: Needs, Interests and Resources (2001)
• Violence Against Women and the Legal Environment, Mongolia (2001)
• Current Situation of Trafficking and Related Issues in Mongolia (2001)
• National Human Rights Record of Mongolia (2000)
• The Crime of Trafficking of Women and Children in Mongolia: The Current Situation
• AIDS/STD Privacy Issues and Human rights
• Research report on human rights issues of vulnerable groups (2002)
• Research report on housing rights implementation in Mongolia (2003)
• Research report on participatory poverty assessment in Ulaanbaatar (2005)
• Human trafficking in Mongolia (2004)
• Your Rights, Manual for Citizens (2005)
• Combating Human Trafficking: Issues and Solutions (2005)
• Human Rights and Mining, Discussion paper (2006)
• Do You Know Your Rights, Manual for Citizens (2006)
• Manual on Savings Groups (2007)
• Local Communities’ Participation in the Environmental Decision Making, Training Manual, 2008
• Establishing Multiparty Agreement in the Extractive Industry Sector: Guidebooks for local administration, mining companies and local communities, 2011
• One Voice and One Action By and For the People” Democracy capacity Building Training Manual, 2012

Address

Centre for Human Rights and Development (CHRD)

Room 1103, Peace Tower, Peace Avenue 54

3rd Khoroo of Chingeltai District

Ulaanbaatar 15172, Mongolia

ph (976) 11- 325721/11-319037

fax (976) 11-325721

e-mail: chrd[a]mongolnet.mn

 http://www.chrd.org.mn/

www.facebook.com/chrdmongolia/

Central Post Office, P.O.Box - 551

Ulaanbaatar 13, Mongolia

Constitutional Law Institute

- National University of Mongolia

Year Established:  2021

Short Historical Background

The Constitutional Law Institute at the National University of Mongolia (the NUM) was established by Decree no. 104 of the President of Mongolia on 26 November 2021. The Institute is affiliated with the NUM School of Law, named after Professor B. Chimid, the founding father of the Constitution of Mongolia. Based on the presidential decree, the NUM Rector approved the Internal Regulation of the Institute by order no. A/11, dated 13 January 2022. By this Order, the Center for Human Rights of the NUM School of Law was integrated into the Constitutional Law Institute.

Vision and Mission

The Constitutional Law Institute (Institute) works consistently to enrich and develop the sixty years of experience and traditions of constitutional law training and research at the NUM School of Law. The Institute’s vision is to become a leading research institute in Mongolia on constitutional law at the highest level of quality and by international standards.
The mission of the Institute is to strengthen constitutional democracy, protect human rights and freedoms, and contribute to the comprehensive development of a humane, civic, and democratic society in Mongolia.
To realize its vision and mission, the Institute conducts research and training, carries out advocacy activities and promotes domestic and international cooperation.
The basic principles that guide the Institute’s activity are loyalty to constitutional democracy, respect for human dignity, academic freedom, adherence to research ethics, independence, objectivity, and evidence-based professional research.

Programs

1. Research

The Institute aims to carry out independent, high-quality research on constitutional law in accordance with the fundamental conception of and within the basic structure of the 1992 Constitution of Mongolia. The Institute conducts doctrinal, policy and practical, and interdisciplinary research of the Constitution on various topics, including:

• Theory and philosophy of constitutional democracy
• Comparative constitutional law
• Human rights and their protection mechanisms
• Separation of powers, checks, and balances
• Legislative power
• Executive power
• Judicial power
• Local administration
• Constitutional review.

In addition to internal research, the Institute performs externally commissioned studies and assists in resolving constitutional issues as requested, such as through issuing expert opinions on constitutional issues, translating essential sources, organizing discussions and analyzing the decisions of the Constitutional Court.

2. Training

The Institute carries out research and discussions to improve curriculums of courses on “Constitutional Law,” “Constitutional Procedure,” and “Human Rights” for law students. The Institute develops curriculum standards in cooperation with law professors and law schools such as with the Department of Public Law, the NUM School of Law.

3. Public Training

The democratic regime in Mongolia is young and depends on the commitment of its citizens. Therefore, the Institute has been developing and implementing training curriculums on constitutional law. For example, the Institute organizes short-term training for civil servants, non-governmental organizations, and media organizations.
The Institute supports university students and high school students to increase their knowledge, skills, and beliefs on constitutional law and human rights. Under the frame of activities directed to students, the Institute has been working with the Department of Public Law to renew and enrich the “Human Rights Course” (fundamental course) curriculum for first-year students of nonlegal programs of the NUM.

4. Advocacy

The Institute promotes the values of constitutional democracy through movie education. For example, A Movie Education Day event was organized in cooperation with Entimema, the NUM School of law student club.
Many law students attended this event. On this day, the participants watched the first episode of “Paper chase (1978)”, an American movie about student life at Harvard Law School. After watching the film, a discussion of the film was held, and the panelists talked and shared with the participants their student life experiences while studying at Harvard law school and Nagoya University.

5. Internship and scholarship

Scholarship

The Institute will provide grants to researchers and students interested in conducting research in constitutional law, either individually or in collaboration with other organizations. Organizations and individuals cooperating with grant awarding are welcome to contact us by e-mail: at cli@num.edu.mn and info.cli.num@gmail.com.

Internship

The Institute invites law students of the NUM and other universities to do short and long-term internships at the Institute. By participating in the internship program, students will have the advantage of entering the environment of a research organization, learning research methods, and developing teamwork and other skills.

6. Domestic Cooperation

The Institute cooperates not only with professors of the NUM but also with researchers and scholars of constitutional law throughout Mongolia in research, training, and other activities. In addition, the Institute has the Council of Constitutional Scholars and Researchers to exchange opinions by organizing academic conferences, discussions, symposiums, research seminars, and honorary lectures. In this regard, the Institute welcomes researchers and scholars of constitutional law for cooperation.
The Institute strives to cooperate with the government and other organizations, universities, law schools, research institutes and other organizations with similar functions and to become a bridge connecting these organizations to collaborate and coordinate efforts to strengthen constitutional democracy in Mongolia.

7. International Cooperation

The Institute intends to cooperate with foreign universities, research institutes, centers, and other organizations with similar functions. Currently, the Institute is cooperating with the European Commission for Democracy through the Law (Venice Commission) and is working on translating the relevant resources of the Commission into Mongolian language.

Publications

The Institute has published the following:

• Constitutional Law Institute and Mahoney Liotta LLP, Religious Freedom (collection), (UB: 2022)
• Constitutional Law Institute and “All for the Education” NGO, Opinions on Drafts Law of the Education (collection), (UB: 2022)
• European Commission for Democracy Through Law, Revised Report on Individual Access to Constitutional Justice, translated by the Constitutional Law Institute (UB: 2023)
• European Commission for Democracy Through Law, Compilation of the Venice Commission Opinions, Reports and Studies on Constitutional Justice, translated by the Constitutional Law Institute and Open Society Forum (UB: 2023)
• Constitutional Law Institute, Constitution in My School, (UB: 2023).

Address

 
Constitutional Law Institute
NUM Library Building #403, University Street - 1,
Sukhbaatar District, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
e-mail: cli[a]num.edu.mn; info.cli.num[a]gmail.com
@cli.num; @cli_num
www.cli.num.edu.mn