E/C.12/MNG/CO/4
United Nations
Economic and Social Council
Distr.: General
7 July 2015
Original: English
Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Concluding observations on the fourth periodic report
of Mongolia*
1.
The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights considered the fourth
report of Mongolia on the implementation of the International Covenant on Economic,
Social and Cultural Rights (E/C.12/MNG/4) at its 26th to 27th meetings
(E/C.12/2015/SR.26 and 27), held on 3 and 4 June 2015, and adopted the following
concluding observations at its 50th meeting, held on 19 June 2015.
A.
Introduction
2.
The Committee welcomes the fourth periodic report submitted by the State party
despite the considerable delay, the supplementary information provided in the replies to the
list of issues (E/C.12/MNG/Q/4/Add.1), the State party’s common core document
(HRI/CORE/MNG/2013) and the oral replies provided by the delegation and the additional
written information. The Committee also welcomes the constructive dialogue held with the
State party’s delegation.
B.
Positive aspects
3.
The Committee welcomes the ratification of the Optional Protocol to the
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, in 2010.
4.
The Committee also appreciates the ratification of, or accession to, the following
international human rights instruments:
(a)
International Convention for the Protection of all Persons from Enforced
Disappearance, in 2015;
(b)
Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political
Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty, in 2012;
(c)
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional
Protocol, in 2009.
* Adopted by the Committee at its fifty-fifth session (1–19 June 2015).
GE.15-11216(E)
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