1. Project 2014-2016 Agar-Erdene Gankhuyag Torture Prevention Ambassador
The Torture Prevention Ambassadors project is funded by the European Union, as part of a three year APF project to strengthen the capacity of National Human Rights Institutions in the Asia-Pacific to prevent torture and other forms of ill-treatment.
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2. What kind of project it is?
Project name: “Developing a professional manual for monitoring at prisons and detention centers”

3. Why this project is important?
In 2011, the Commission assessed its capacity with the support of APF. Capacity Assessment report stressed that manuals are important for the effective and professional handling of human rights and general matters within the NHRCM.
Too much is dependent on the individual skills and capabilities of individual staff, and so outcomes can differ depending on the specific staff member who conducts monitoring.
NHRCM is organization that has high percent of staff movement. About 4-6 years later almost 40 percent of staff are replaced. When they leave the Commission, they don’t leave their knowledge and experience.

4. Implementation stages
Manual will be published in Mongolian, English and Russian
Carried out in the 4th quarter of 2015
4th stage
Monitoring will be conducted at selected detention institutions
3rd stage
Training the staff
Carried out in the 3rd quarter of 2015
2nd stage
Developing the manual
Carried out in the 1st and 2nd quarter of 2015
1st stage

5. General content of the Manual
ONE. PREPARATION OF MONITORING 1.1. Selecting the detention institution to undertake the monitoring in 1.2. Appointing the team of monitoring and adopting its terms of reference 1.3. Preparing monitoring materials 1.4. The day before the monitoring TWO. CONDUCTING MONITORING 2.2 Having a meeting with the authority of the detention institution 2.3 Interview 2.4 Examining documents 2.5 Examining the conditions 2.6 Making observation over the condition THREE. DOCUMENTING THE OUTCOME OF MONITORING 3.1 Briefing on provisional outcome of the preventive monitoring 3.2. Drafting a narrative report 3.3. Discussing the outcome of the monitoring with the meeting of the Commission Preparing for the meeting Organising the meeting 3.4. Releasing demands and recommendations 3.5. Organising activities for the enforcement of the recommendations Appendix 1. Model questionnaire for the use in pre-trial detention centers Appendix 2. Model questionnaire for the use in prisons Appendix 3. Model checklist

6. Expected outcomes:
Supporting the monitoring activities of the NHRCM/NPM
Strengthening the capacity of the NHRCM/NPM staff
Preventing torture and ill-treatment are in place and are enforced
Other NPMs/NHRIs can use the manual

7. Thank you for your attention