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The “Conventions on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities” was developed by the United Nations in 2006, and Mongolia adopted it in 2009. Incheon’s Strategy “Let’s make the rights of people with disabilities a reality in the Asia-Pacific region” was accepted and adopted in Mongolia in March 2014.

Currently, three ministries of Mongolia are responsible for people with disabilities as Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Education and Science, and the Ministry of Labor and Social Security. The General Department of Development of People with Disabilities under the Ministry of Labor and Social Security is the organization working in the direction of promoting social participation of people with disabilities, promoting employment, providing education, and providing assistive products.

Laws and decisions applicable in Mongolia:
1. Constitution of Mongolia
2. Law on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
3. Law on auto roads
4. Law on Auto Transport
5. Law on Construction
6. Law on Urban Development