Local Human Rights Reporting & Review 2024
Introduction
Inspired by the United Nations Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review, the National Committee for Human Rights (NatComHR) established the Local Human Rights Reporting and Review (LoHRRR) as first-ever Government Cabinet’s local human rights mechanism in 2023. Currently, the Committee for Government Efficiency has taken over the NatComHR’s functions as of 2024. LoHRRR – human rights procedure is designed to assess and enhance the implementation, impact, and effectiveness of state policies, planning, and activities in safeguarding human rights nationwide. Additionally, this procedure supports and collaborates with local civil society organizations (CSOs), allowing them to submit parallel reports on local human rights status including violations.
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Series of Lectures on Human Rights
LoHRRR 2022
LoHRRR 2023
Timeline
Submission of Reports
Provincial and district offices are required to submit local human rights reports by December 15 each year, coinciding with International Human Rights Day. These reports must cover five core areas:
1. Engagement in National Human Rights Mechanism
2. Efforts to Ensure Fundamental Human Rights
3. Challenging Human Rights Violations
4. Implementation of Article 9.1.6 of the Law on the Legal Status of Human Rights Defenders of Mongolia
5. Recommendations and Conclusions
Enhancing CSO Participation in Decision-Making
Parallel reports from CSOs play a vital role in capturing specialized and localized human rights concerns. However, participation has been low—no reports were submitted in 2022, only four in 2023, and eleven out of thirty provinces/districts in 2024. This highlights the urgency to increase CSO engagement. To address this issue, LoHRRR must be disseminated more widely through online platforms, governor’s office media outlets, and other channels.
Evaluation of Local Reports Based on Set Criteria
A working group composed of government and non-government representatives will assess local human rights reports based on the following ten criteria:
1. Compliance with form and content requirements
2. Reflection of best practices in human rights
3. Inclusion of multiple stakeholders in discussions
4. Documentation of human rights violations
5. Methodological guidance and advice from the Office
6. Expansion of civic space
7. Accountability measures
8. Prevention of discrimination
9. Accessibility of processes and reporting mechanisms
10. Data readiness and effective use of information
3rd Local Human Rights Reporting and Review
We have received local human rights reports three times since 2022. In this section, we share the points of the 2024 human rights reports by provinces and districts. In 2024, each district submitted a report on the state of human rights, which differed from the previous two years.