Author Archives: Uyanga Delger

Dr Uyanga Delger, attorney-at-law The President of Mongolia has announced that an emergency will be declared because of air pollution, and the parliament should dissolve if things do not get better by the Lunar New Year, Defacto Gazette No. 28. The President‘s announcement coincides with the increased public anger triggered by air pollution, new incomeContinue reading “How serious is the President ‘s threat to dissolve the Parliament?”

Dr Uyanga Delger, attorney-at-law ​​“… human rights and fundamental freedoms are all the better safeguarded to the extent that the judiciary and the legal professions are protected from interference and pressure.”,[1] Mongolia has only around 4000 practicing lawyers registered at the Mongolian Lawyers’ Association (MLA). Last week new draft laws to regulate the legal professionContinue reading “Complexity of a tiny lawyers’ community”

Dr Uyanga Delger, attorney-at-law “The principles of the free market ought to have made state ownership smaller, but Mongolia’s state ownership has been growing bigger. The so-called state-owned companies have actually become political-party owned companies.” The most fundamental issue in Mongolia is, undoubtfully, the question on how to limit unfair competition practices of state ownedContinue reading “Protection of entrepreneurship from the omnipotent state”

Dr Uyanga Delger, attorney-at-law The Mongolian constitutional system makes the Judiciary vulnerable to political horse-trading, The Defacto Gazette No. 13. A recent conflict between the Tsets of the Constitution (Tsets) and the Supreme Court shows a further example of this vulnerability. The Tsets is the body responsible for constitutional control in Mongolia. The nature ofContinue reading “Tensions in relationship between the Supreme Court and the Tsets of the Constitution”

Dr Uyanga Delger, attorney-at-law “When we were kids, we still had trust in the state. We could run to the police station to get help. Today, people don’t report crimes; they remain silent even when questioned.” -Head police officer of a remote district in Ulaanbaatar This column gives an overview of one of the structuralContinue reading “The public’s trust in justice and the impartiality of judges”