The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) and the Mongolian Trade Union Confederation (MTU) are jointly organizing a "Training of Human Rights Trainers" for the employees and members of the MTU on September 15-16, 2026.
Through the training, knowledge and understanding on topics such as the basic understanding of human rights, the right to work and association, the rights of human rights defenders, the prevention of workplace harassment, violence, and sexual harassment, and the methodology and practical skills of organizing human rights training are taught.
During the opening speech, the head of the National Labor and Welfare Committee, Doctor of Law, Professor D. Sunjid emphasized that trade union workers and members are human rights defenders who work to protect the rights of citizens to work and organize, and noted the importance of training trainers to increase the knowledge and understanding of human rights and to spread this knowledge to others.
The purpose of this training is to increase the knowledge and understanding of human rights among the elected officials of the National People's Congress and its member organizations, prepare them as trainers, and further provide human rights education to the employees and employees of the member organizations through them.
In this way, it is important to expand cooperation aimed at regularly spreading knowledge of human rights at the level of the trade union organization, preventing violations of labor rights, and increasing the capacity to protect rights in case of violations.
The two-day training course for human rights trainers was attended by E. Monkhzul, senior referent of the Human Rights Education Department, O. Todbulag, referent, B. Battsooj, referent, Ts. Renzendulam, human rights defender, referent E. Batjargal, head of the gender analysis, information and research department of the National Gender Committee Office, O. Buyanaa,Ts. Otgontungalag, General Secretary of the Mongolian Trade Union Federationare working as trainers.
The National Human Rights Council has been cooperating with the National People's Congress since the establishment of the "Memorandum" in 2007 to protect the rights of citizens to work and organize, to prevent violations, and to increase knowledge and understanding of human rights.
By the way, since 2018, 13 training sessions, totaling 30.5 hours, have been organized on topics such as "Human Rights-Based Approach", "Basic Understanding of Human Rights", "Becoming a Trade Union Member, Activist, Voter and Human Rights Defender", "Workplace Harassment, Violence and Sexual Harassment", and 837 trade union members, elected officials and sub-committee members have been involved. Also, in 2018, a regional training on "Labor Rights" was organized in Bayan-Olgii, Uvs, and Khentii provinces, and a total of 185 participants were empowered in the field of labor rights.
