Globe International Center (GIC), a Mongolian media rights based NGO has successfully implemented the project titled “MDI’s Assessment Follow-Up: Fostering Online Freedom of Expression in Mongolia” from May 2015 to December 2015 with the support of the UNESCO Beijing Office and Access Now.

GIC has marked the World Press Freedom Day (WPFD) 2015 holding the roundtable “Focus on Mongolia” on the occasion of the Freedom Online Coalition Conference in Ulaanbaatar. The roundtable was organised in cooperation with the UNESCO Beijing Office, Mongolian Open Society Forum, Austrian Embassy in Beijing and Confederation of Mongolian Journalists.

Globe International Center is holding a roundtable on the occasion of the World Press Freedom Day on May 3, 2015 at Open Society Forum's Conference Hall. The event will be organized in cooperation with the UNESCO Beijing Office, Open Society Forum, Austrian Embassy in Beijing and Confederation of Mongolian Journalists.

This statement on issues of the freedoms of opinion and expression is prepared by Globe International Center, a Mongolian NGO and is delivered on behalf of the Mongolian Human Rights NGO Forum. The topic was not raised at the 2010 UPR, but free expression situation is becoming alarming in the country due to the current legal and regulatory conditions. The issues are not raised in the current National report.

UPR Info has organised a pre-session meeting in Geneva on 7th April 2015 between civil society organisations (CSOs) and Permanent Missions to discuss the human rights situation of Mongolia in the lead up to its review under the Universal Periodic Review on 5th May 2015.

Globe International Center is holding a Round table named “Freedom of Expression is a Human Right” on the occasion of the May 3 - World Press Freedom Day (WPFD). The event is scheduled on May 3, 2015 in the conference hall of the Open Society, Mongolia at 2 pm. The event will gather various stakeholders, including media representatives, politicians, lawyers, public officers, civil society and international organizations.

CRAMO (Community Radio Association of Mongolia) has organized his biannual General meeting on 2 February 2015 at Puma Imperial hotel. During the General meeting local radio managers has discussed a common challenges that community radio stations are facing now and had developed the strategy and action plan at local level.

This statement on issues of the freedoms of opinion and expression is prepared by Globe International Centre, a Mongolian NGO and is delivered on behalf of the Mongolian Human Rights NGO Forum.