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A Career in Human Rights
Nora Ichinnorov Manjaa
MongoliaGALLERYCONVERSATION
For five years, I traveled as a young law student from Mongolia to Russia by train. This journey opened my eyes to the world of human rights.

It started by watching the ways that Russian and Mongolian guards and customs officials treated travelers. They would search people and bags in a rude and aggressive manner, and generally behaved in a disrespectful and offensive way to the passengers.

Once I had to make the journey when I was sick. I was sleeping on the top bunk when a Mongolian guard came in looking for passports. I handed him my passport from my bed, but he started shouting that I should stand up and show them respect. A friend I was traveling with defended me and explained that I was sick, but both of us ended up being yelled at aggressively.

This incident taught me a lesson that human rights and dignities can be violated by the state, especially the police, customs, etc. It also taught me a lesson that if, I, an educated member of this society who knows and respects her rights and dignities, can easily be a subject to abuse by the state then the rights of less sophisticated and poor people can be violated greatly and need protection.

Hence, my career direction took shape.

While I was working in the Mongolian Supreme Court Criminal Cases Chamber as a judge assistant I observed that there were many issues in regards to which the laws and the attitudes of judges and all legal professionals need to be changed. I observed that in many incidents the Supreme Court judges affirmed the decisions of the lower courts when they imposed harsh penalties on the victims of domestic violence who had killed their perpetrators in self-defense. The fact that the victims of rape cases had a great burden to prove their innocence likewise concerned me very much.

I decided to work as a private advocate and I devoted much of my time to providing free legal assistance to the victims of domestic violence.
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Gerlee (Malaysia)
First of all I want to thank you for bringing into attention the human right issue in Mongolia. I also deeply concerned about the treatment of ordinary citizens by the authorities. The another thing which concerns me the most is right of the women and social misperception about the women which is widely accepted. The woman is broadly seen as a sex subject rather than rational human being.
Sally H (Palestine)
The story of "A Career in Human Rights," was very interesting. We do need our human rights, and I don’t think that a guard should treat anyone like that. I just had a similar experience crossing the border from Toronto, the guard was yelling at me. I don't know if it’s because I come from the Middle East or he was just like that. Either way I don't believe anyone should be treated like that just b
Myagmarsuren Ochirkhuyag (Sweden)
Dear Ms,
Thank you for your great job you are doing for strengthnening human rights in Mongolia.
I hope all you efforts and initiatives will be fuitfull and we will see fair justice for the common citizens in our country where corruption, abuse and social injustice are skyrocketing.
We need woman leaders like you who have pure spirit and human heart that works for wellbeing of others.

Purveegiin Batsaihan (Mongolia)
Dear.Miss.ichinnorov i read your history that time was least our soliders can bee command passengers own border today you even not have your wn solider ...

5 days jounery with our MPR USSR time I was travel many time same road you went MOSKVA...

I was when you get your PhD in Harvards 2003 in USA enter ICE Torture campus,s...

I want to know how much you protecting my little sisters in fr
Linda Kazibwe (Uganda)
Nora, yours is a work many recognize a need for and few are able to implement. God Bless you in your efforts to secure a fair and just legislature while recognizing and protecting the rights of the weak and voiceless. I hope I too will have that kind of courage to step out.
 
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