Mongolia has been lauded for its efforts to contain the coronavirus despite having a long, porous border with China. As of 23 September, there had been 313 confirmed cases of COVID-19, and no deaths. However, there appears to be no publicly available information indicating the impact of the virus on migrants or asylum seekers, or […]
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DETENTION CAPACITY
ALTERNATIVES TO DETENTION
ADDITIONAL ENFORCEMENT DATA
PRISON DATA
POPULATION DATA
MIGRATION-RELATED DETENTION
LEGAL & REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
GROUNDS FOR MIGRATION-RELATED DETENTION
LENGTH OF MIGRATION-RELATED DETENTION
MIGRATION-RELATED DETENTION INSTITUTIONS
PROCEDURAL STANDARDS & SAFEGUARDS
DETENTION MONITORS
> National human rights monitoring bodies
> National Preventive Mechanisms (Optional Protocol to UN Convetion against Torture)
> Non-governmental organisations (NGOs)
> Governmental monitoring bodies
> International detention monitoring
TRANSPARENCY
READMISSION/RETURN/EXTRADITION AGREEMENTS
COVID-19
HEALTH CARE
COVID-19 DATA
INTERNATIONAL TREATIES
International Treaties Ratified
Ratification Year
Observation Date
OP ICESCR, Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
2010
2018
CAT, Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
2002
2017
ICPED, International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance
2015
2017
CTOCTP, Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children
2008
2017
CTOCSP, Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime
2008
2017
Ratio of relevant international treaties ratified
Ratio: 14/19
Individual Complaints Procedures
Acceptance Year
ICCPR, First Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 1966
1991
1991
CEDAW, Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, 1999
2002
2002
CRC, [Third] Optional Protocol to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child establishing a communications procedure, 2011
2015
2015
Relevant Recommendations Issued by Treaty Bodies
Recommendation Year
Observation Date
Committee on the Rights of the Child
§ 64. "The Committee reiterates its recommendation (CRC/C/15/Add.264, para. 57) to the State party to ratify the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol r) that the State party, taking into account article 22 and other relevant provisions of the Convention, take all feasible measures to ensure full protection and care, as well as access to health, social services and education, of asylum-seeking and refugee children in the State party r) the establishment of a database to obtain disaggregated data on asylum-seeking and refugee children and to guide a comprehensive policy r) that the State party ratify the CMW."
2010
2010
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
§ 16. The State party take effective measures to fully guarantee the rights of asylum seekers, refugees and stateless persons to access health care, education and employment services, without discrimination. The Committee encourages the State party to ratify the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol. § 18. The State party increase its efforts to enforce its legislation to prohibit forced or compulsory labour and provide protection for migrant workers, notably by taking effective measures to fully guarantee their rights to access health care, education and employment services, without discrimination. It also recommends that the State party establish effective monitoring and inspection mechanisms to combat substandard working and living conditions for migrant workers to ensure that they enjoy the same working conditions as Mongolians and that they meet the international standards set forth in the Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81), the Labour Inspection (Agriculture) Convention, 1969 (No. 129), the Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 (No. 189) and the Migrant Workers (Supplementary Provisions) Convention, 1975 (No. 143) of the International Labour Organization.
2019
2019
