Overview of Human Rights in Mongolia

Mongolia has a mixed parliamentary and presidential system. Its human rights situation has long been criticized by the international community. Mongolia maintains the view that despite its issues, the human rights situation is improving.

Police and security forces arbitrarily arrest, detain, and beat prisoners and detainees. In recent times, these actions resulted in at least one death in a pretrial detention center. Corruption among the security forces is pervasive.

Prison and pretrial detention center conditions are harsh. The judiciary is slow and influenced by external forces. The government fails to provide reparations to those who are found to have been wrongfully imprisoned.

The government is also known to intimidate members of the media, which results in self-censorship of information. Harassment of religious groups by the government and its agents continues as well.

Child abuse, child labor, and human trafficking are also areas of concern.

Human Development Index (HDI) Rank:

116th out of 177

Note: Human Development Index (HDI) is a composite index that measures the level of well-being of nations in the world. It uses factors such as poverty, literacy, life-expectancy, education, gross domestic product, and purchasing power parity to assess the average achievements in each nation. It has been used in the United Nation’s Human Development Report since 1993.