Indigenous Rights Recognition in Mongolia: Challenges and Opportunities

This project investigates the impact of non-state accountability mechanisms in shaping new claims for recognition by land-based communities impacted by extractive industries. With two of the world’s largest mining projects, Mongolia has become one of Asia’s key mineral producers. Mongolian nomadic communities living in the vicinity of these large-scale mining operations in the South Gobi region have recently resorted to using new grievance mechanisms offered by development financial institutions to seek redress for the socio-environmental impacts of mining on their livelihood, land rights and culture.