The first 126-member State Great Hural (Parliament) has adopted its strategic plan for 2024–2028. This strategy focuses on creating a human-centered, timely, and rights-complaint legal environment. Accordingly, the Subcommittee on Human Rights began its 2025 agenda with the Civil Service Council.
As of now, over 950 violations within the civil service have been identified. However, issues related to accountability systems, ethics, and attitudes remain unaddressed.
Given the inherent risks of human rights violations where power exists, the Chair of the Subcommittee on Human Rights, S. Erdenebold, along with MPs G. Uyankhishig, M. Narantuya-Nara, and D. Tsogtbaatar, representatives of the Secretariat of the State Great Hural, and the National Human Rights Commission, visited the Civil Service Council on January 2, 2025. They emphasized the need to strengthen and clarify the council’s monitoring and oversight functions.
Since the enactment of the Civil Service Law five years ago, it has been amended 28 times. Stakeholders agreed that it is now time to implement comprehensive measures to address human rights and ethical violations.
The Subcommittee on Human Rights urged the Civil Service Council to adopt a human-rights-sensitive approach to recruitment processes and incorporate knowledge and understanding of human rights into examination criteria. Members of the subcommittee further highlighted the importance of ongoing collaboration and information sharing to refine the legal environment, stressing the critical role of the Civil Service Council in this process.