Khunan Jargalsaikhan, the Chief Commissioner of the National Human Rights Commission, received Matteo Mecacci, the Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), Fabrizio Nava, senior advisor, and Caroline Hammer, advisor, on November 16, 2023.
At the meeting, parties exchanged views on the Commission's initiative to establish a Human Rights Training and Research Center in the Asia-Pacific region, the development process of the "National Human Rights Index," an open inquiry to be held in 2024 on the issue of personal data protection, newly established mechanisms for human rights defenders’ protection, personal data protection, the National Mechanism of the Prevention of Torture, its effectiveness, women's participation at the decision-making level, and speeding up the development of border management.
Mr. Matteo Mecacci welcomed the proposal of the Commission on the Law on the Protection of Human Rights in Social Networks and expressed his readiness to cooperate.
In addition, since Mongolia joined the OSCE in 2004 as a Cooperation Partner, which plays an important role in discussing, developing, and implementing policies on a wide range of international relations, and actively working on security and cooperation issues, strengthening the system for ensuring and protecting human rights, law enforcement and reinforce democracy.