Human Rights Commission launches 24-hour hotline

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The National Human Rights Commission of Mongolia Wednesday announced its launching of a human rights hotline. Through the 7000 0222 line, the Commission is to monitor and to react promptly to human right emergencies. The hotline directly connects the victims and witnesses of human rights violations and their relatives to the staffers responsible for complaints and to related inspections in the Commission. Connecting to the 24 hours open hotline, callers can receive legal consultations on the matter and report any urgent complaints on human rights violations and other forms of abuse. Before the launching of the hotline, a team led by a Commission member P.Oyunchimeg visited eastern provinces of Dornod and Sukhbaatar to run training sessions on fighting against human trafficking, discrimination, and sexual harassment in labor relations for employees of the provinces' Court Decision Implementation Agencies.