State Great Hural to discuss Children`s Right Law and Children`s Protection Law soon. We interviewed MP and Head of Working Group S.Odontuya on these laws.
-Law on Children`s Protection is brand new law. What issues related to the children to be regulated under this law?
-By approving this law, national child protection system is to be formed. In other words, the law will protect children in all types of society from all types of violence, abuse and exploitation and regulate the prevention of these.
One in three children of Mongolia is abused in any way
At time when children`s rights are violated, this law is the most required legislation. One in three children of Mongolia is abused in any way. According to the research, 42.3 percent of abuse occur within family, while 53.2 percent of abuse occur at school.
-You started "Green Card" campaign nationwide and called for public to submit proposal to the draft when you started drafting the law. How did you reflect proposals of public to the draft law?
-Yes, we received 22,600 proposals from the public in scope of "Green Card" campaign.
Professional organizations combined the proposals by its direction and included to the draft law. For example, provision to have child rights officer in every local unit is included.
-Previously, you stated that draft laws on Children`s Right and Children`s Protection must meet the requirements of international agreement and conventions. How about this issue?
-As Mongolia has joined The UN's Convention on the Rights of the Child and The ILO Convention on the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labor, we must reflect the fundamental principles of the Children`s Rights Code to the law.
We are cooperating with international lawyers team. International lawyers are expensive. However, the international children`s organizations operating in Mongolia are donating for the payment.
Event tough we adjusting the requirements to international treaties and conventions, we must focus on specific of Mongols. Mongolians have rich life experience in bringing-up their children and taking care for their children.
Children get psychological stress in cyber world. It is difficult to be controlled by the parents and there is no way left except regulating by the Government policy.
-After approval of these two laws, legal environment to protect Mongolian children will be created, right?
-Not exactly. Currently. the Criminal Code, Violation Law and Family Laws as well as Law against Family Violence determine the responsibility for any act of crime against children and determine whether it is crime or violation.
Specifically, crime against children included in 16th article of Criminal code. According to the 16th article of Criminal Code, involving persons under legal age into criminal activities by using force, abandonment of a born or adopted child, involving persons under legal age into prostitution, vagrancy and beggary shall be punishable.
Moreover, there is one essential provision in Family Law. The court sets the amount of children welfare when dissolve the marriage. According to the court decision research, only 10-15 percent of children can get the welfare and 85-90 percent of them can not get the welfare.
According to this issue, we are working to establish children welfare fund in Family Law. Provisions to protect children`s right should be included in all affiliated laws.
-Nowadays, children are prone to the cyber violence, internet addiciton and so on. Does the draft law provisioned those issues to protect the children?
-It is exactly a worrisome problem. Children get psychological stress in cyber world. It is difficult to be controlled by the parents and there is no way left except regulating by the Government policy. We studied on foreign experience, specially Japanese experience.
-The draft laws on Children`s Right and Children`s Protection will be approved during autumn session of State Great Hural, won`t it?
-Specific provisions of protecting children`s right are included. Criminal Code and Violation Law were approved. Thus, I hope that the State Great Hural to approve these laws within this month.
State Great Hural to discuss Children`s Right Law and Children`s Protection Law soon. We interviewed MP and Head of Working Group S.Odontuya on these laws.
-Law on Children`s Protection is brand new law. What issues related to the children to be regulated under this law?
-By approving this law, national child protection system is to be formed. In other words, the law will protect children in all types of society from all types of violence, abuse and exploitation and regulate the prevention of these.
One in three children of Mongolia is abused in any way
At time when children`s rights are violated, this law is the most required legislation. One in three children of Mongolia is abused in any way. According to the research, 42.3 percent of abuse occur within family, while 53.2 percent of abuse occur at school.
-You started "Green Card" campaign nationwide and called for public to submit proposal to the draft when you started drafting the law. How did you reflect proposals of public to the draft law?
-Yes, we received 22,600 proposals from the public in scope of "Green Card" campaign.
Professional organizations combined the proposals by its direction and included to the draft law. For example, provision to have child rights officer in every local unit is included.
-Previously, you stated that draft laws on Children`s Right and Children`s Protection must meet the requirements of international agreement and conventions. How about this issue?
-As Mongolia has joined The UN's Convention on the Rights of the Child and The ILO Convention on the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labor, we must reflect the fundamental principles of the Children`s Rights Code to the law.
We are cooperating with international lawyers team. International lawyers are expensive. However, the international children`s organizations operating in Mongolia are donating for the payment.
Event tough we adjusting the requirements to international treaties and conventions, we must focus on specific of Mongols. Mongolians have rich life experience in bringing-up their children and taking care for their children.
Children get psychological stress in cyber world. It is difficult to be controlled by the parents and there is no way left except regulating by the Government policy.
-After approval of these two laws, legal environment to protect Mongolian children will be created, right?
-Not exactly. Currently. the Criminal Code, Violation Law and Family Laws as well as Law against Family Violence determine the responsibility for any act of crime against children and determine whether it is crime or violation.
Specifically, crime against children included in 16th article of Criminal code. According to the 16th article of Criminal Code, involving persons under legal age into criminal activities by using force, abandonment of a born or adopted child, involving persons under legal age into prostitution, vagrancy and beggary shall be punishable.
Moreover, there is one essential provision in Family Law. The court sets the amount of children welfare when dissolve the marriage. According to the court decision research, only 10-15 percent of children can get the welfare and 85-90 percent of them can not get the welfare.
According to this issue, we are working to establish children welfare fund in Family Law. Provisions to protect children`s right should be included in all affiliated laws.
-Nowadays, children are prone to the cyber violence, internet addiciton and so on. Does the draft law provisioned those issues to protect the children?
-It is exactly a worrisome problem. Children get psychological stress in cyber world. It is difficult to be controlled by the parents and there is no way left except regulating by the Government policy. We studied on foreign experience, specially Japanese experience.
-The draft laws on Children`s Right and Children`s Protection will be approved during autumn session of State Great Hural, won`t it?
-Specific provisions of protecting children`s right are included. Criminal Code and Violation Law were approved. Thus, I hope that the State Great Hural to approve these laws within this month.