Mongolia may ratify CRC protocol

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The cabinet meeting on Friday instructed the Minister of Justice and the Minister of Population Development and Social Welfare to adopt the concept of the draft law on ratifying the additional protocol of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (the CRC), reflecting suggestions made by the cabinet members. If the protocol is ratified, Mongolia will forward an ensuring and protecting of children’s rights, will submit complaints to related international organizations, will receive an international assistance. It will also aid for establishing a national mechanism that improves/monitors implementation of the CRC and for receiving and solving children’s complaints. In violent cases to children rights breach, the Ministry of Population Development and Social Welfare and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Economic Cooperation will be able to submit complaints to the associated international organizations. The cabinet also approved the draft of the Fifth National Report on the Implementation of the CRC.