[{"bbox": [95, 151, 1134, 364], "category": "Text", "text": "specific coordination mechanism in place between the development partners/international organisation and also with the justice actors. However, due to the small number of stakeholders looking into this sector, there is a good opportunity for informal way of coordinating to avoid duplications, ensure complementarity and maximum effectiveness of the donor funding. This coordination is not led by the Government. Some of the development partners who have been working in the field for a long period are also of the perception that there needs to be more ownership from the authorities for the reforms (translated also in the State budget allocated for the judicial reforms), and not depend solely on donor funding for key aspects of the reform (digitalisation, trainings, legal education)."}, {"bbox": [95, 403, 1134, 459], "category": "Text", "text": "Identification of main stakeholders as duty bearers and corresponding institutional and/or organisational issues (mandates, potential roles, and capacities) to be covered by the action:"}, {"bbox": [95, 470, 196, 495], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## Executive"}, {"bbox": [95, 507, 1134, 722], "category": "Text", "text": "The Ministry of Justice and Home Affairs (MOJHA) of Mongolia is one of the key stakeholders of this Action as it has the mandate to uphold the principles of fairness and rule of law in Mongolia, and aims to create legal guarantees so that the government may ensure human rights and freedoms. The Ministry (under which there are a number of agencies/institutions such as the National Legal Institute, the General Executive Agency of Court Decision, the National Police Agency) carries out activities such as developing legal policy (including its implementation and coordination), public administration, financing and investment, treaties and cooperation, and internal auditing (which includes monitoring and evaluating). The Ministry is the pen holder of key draft laws in general under discussion (eg investment law, NGO laws)."}, {"bbox": [95, 732, 1134, 841], "category": "Text", "text": "Coordination of MOJHA with other line Ministries, as the two newly-established Ministries (i.e Ministry of Economy and Development heading the Vision 2050 implementation, and the Ministry of Digital Development and Communication heading the digital/e-governance agenda of the Government), is also key and not currently fully in place"}, {"bbox": [95, 852, 537, 877], "category": "Text", "text": "Below an overview of the structure of MOJHA:"}, {"bbox": [189, 926, 1039, 1252], "category": "Table", "text": "<table><tr><td rowspan=\"7\">Ministry of Justice and Home Affairs</td><td>General Archive Office of Mongolia</td></tr><tr><td>National Institute of Law</td></tr><tr><td>Legal Assistance Center</td></tr><tr><td>General Authority for State Registration</td></tr><tr><td>University of Internal Affairs of Mongolia</td></tr><tr><td>General Executive Agency of Court Decision</td></tr><tr><td>Immigration Agency of Mongolia</td></tr><tr><td></td></tr></table>"}, {"bbox": [95, 1265, 206, 1292], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## Legislative"}, {"bbox": [95, 1303, 1134, 1385], "category": "Text", "text": "The Parliament has a number of dedicated Standing Committees on Justice, Legal as well as on Ethics and Disciplinary Responsibility, that can exert certain influence on legislative drafting and budget allocations which impacts the work of the judiciary."}, {"bbox": [95, 1396, 193, 1423], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## Judiciary"}, {"bbox": [95, 1434, 1134, 1489], "category": "Text", "text": "With the reforms in place, the Judicial General Council (JGC)¹⁴ also has an important mandate to strengthen capacity in the justice sector, ensure a responsible/ethical judiciary, improve transparency and accountability, as"}, {"bbox": [84, 1530, 1143, 1620], "category": "Footnote", "text": "¹⁴ A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed jointly by the Judicial General Council (JGC) and OSCE in July 2020. This MOU reflected on the cooperation towards strengthening capacities of judges and administrative staff, including the trainers of the JGC and employees in the short, mid and long-term trainings organized by the OSCE Academy, international professional conferences, seminars and roundtables. Additionally, as requested by the JGC, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) provided its"}, {"bbox": [1037, 1681, 1143, 1706], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 9 of 30"}]