Human Rights In Mongolia
Since its turn towards democracy in 1990, Mongolia has in principle acknowledged the concept of human and civic rights. "Human rights law," according to one human-rights organization, "is a rapidly expanding area in the Mongolian legal system." In September 2000, Mongolia unilaterally adopted the so-called "Millennium Goal 9", which is "to strengthen human rights and foster democratic governance." Writing in 2012 in the ''Jakarta Post'', the secretary-general of the Indonesian Community who "led the first demonstrations for democracy and reforms in Mongolia," stated that "the passion for freedom and human rights" is "palpable in his being." Addressing an audience at the Asia Society in New York in 2011, Elbegdorj Tsakhia said: "Freedom, human rights, justice, the rule of law, those values can be enjoyed, even by the poor people, even by poor herdsman in Mongolia." The desire for human rights, he said, "is always there," in all people. "Sometimes that desire can be crushed by tyran ...
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