Genocide is by no means new to Mongolia, in the 1930s a genocide of Buddhist Monks took place. The genocide was due to the soviet ties and Stalin’s staunch anti-religious sentiments. These were essentially an extension of the Stalinist purges that occurred across the Soviet Union (Washington Times 2001). It is believed 20000 people died and were killed because of “espousing Buddhist beliefs” (Wikipedia). This is but one example of genocide in Mongolia and in the 1960s during the Chinese cultural revolution, and after inner Mongolia was annexed by the people’s republic of China. In this case the genocide was of Mongolians who attempted to defend their sovereignty and supported the IMPP-Inner Mongolia Peoples Party (Yang 2008). While these were never as incredibly systematic and deadly as the genocide in Rwanda, they do support the idea that Mongolia was very much aware of the horrors of genocide in Rwanda.
In research there seems to be no reference to a Mongolian response to the genocide in Rwanda and this makes sense as Mongolia is a relatively small nation in comparison to the major countries that control decision making in the UN. I don’t think that Mongolia carries much of the blame for the genocide and there is likely very little that could be done. Ultimately what Mongolia can do is to ensure that such horrors will not occur in their country. And in this respect Mongolia has done well. Many nations struggle after being controlled by so many foreign countries over the years. Mongolia is a democracy and scores well on the freedom index. A characteristic they may have in common with Rwanda is a having multiple cultural groups and having to find a way to balance the priorities of each specifically so that this kind of genocide does not occur. Mongolia has thus far had no issues with this and perhaps it is because they have many more groups than Rwanda, so not one group is so dominant over one other group.
Mongolia being an east Asian country is a bit of an exception to the rule when it comes to humanitarian law. Perhaps because they have been controlled by foreign governments for so long, they have more experience with these issues. In Mongolia, all are given equal rights and they seem like western countries in that they believe in democracy and simultaneously do not necessarily provide necessities such as housing for their people. One way or another compared to their peers, Mongolia seems to handle human rights and genocide in a very respectable way.
Sources:
Mongolian Genocide by Communist China during the Cultural Revolution in Inner Mongolia. Southern Mongolian Human Rights Information Center. (n.d.). Retrieved November 20, 2022, from https://www.smhric.org/news_217.htm
The Washington Times. (2001, July 7). Mongolians recall purges by Stalin. The Washington Times. Retrieved November 20, 2022, from https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2001/jul/7/20010707-024154-7538r/
Wikimedia Foundation. (2022, November 10). Stalinist repressions in Mongolia. Wikipedia. Retrieved November 20, 2022, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalinist_repressions_in_Mongolia