Manjaagiin Ichinnorov

Manjaagiin Ichinnorov (; born 12 December 1970) is a Mongolian lawyer and civil rights activist known for her work in strategic litigation and legal reform. She has been involved in a number of landmark cases addressing judicial accountability, prison conditions, and women's rights in Mongolia. Her advocacy has contributed to reforms in criminal procedure and detention practices.

Education Ichinnorov studied law in Russia before obtaining a master's degree in international legal studies from American University Washington College of Law. She later participated in executive education at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government. She is an Eisenhower Fellowship Leadership Alumni (2005). She was also educated at the National University Law Faculty, Irkutsk, Russia and awarded a J.D. and master's degree in Law.

2007 "Ariuntsetseg Case" on Criminal Law Reform A seventeen-year-old young woman with a 17-day-old baby was sentenced to imprisonment for 10 years and 5 months for stealing 1,500 tugriks (equivalent of US$1). Amended 2005 Criminal Code of Mongolia had harsher criminal sentences for repeated incidents and minimum imprisonment was 10 years for stealing cases no matter the amount of damage done to society. This strategic litigation case was a high-profile case that attracted public and media attention. Law and policy-makers were very interested in this case and used as an example of scale of justice as compared to justice for the rich and poor. The main aim of this case was to create awareness on the equality before the law and court, advocate the principles of humane and just punishment, alternative sentencing and reform the Criminal Law and whole criminal justice system in Mongolia. The President of Mongolia, M. Enkhbayar, pardoned the woman and this was the most successfully tried case in Mongolia that people learned about a new concept of strategic litigation.

In 2015, she became a Chief of the Victim and Witness protection Department of the Mongolian Marshal Authority, a newly created agency within the Ministry of Justice of Mongolia.

Activism and advocacy Ichinnorov's work has focused on promoting human rights and legal reform in Mongolia through strategic litigation. Her cases have addressed issues such as wrongful convictions, prison conditions, gender-based violence, and disparities in criminal sentencing. Her advocacy has contributed to increased public awareness of legal rights and judicial accountability. In addition to her legal work, Ichinnorov has contributed to public discourse on social and political issues in Mongolia, including generational change and civil society development.

Additionally, she founded the Vision Institute, an organization providing training in personal development and civic engagement, in 2012.

Awards and recognition Ichinnorov has received several awards for her work in law and human rights, including the Mahatma Gandhi Award for "Fighting against Social Injustices with Peaceful Means" in 2007. She is also an Eisenhower Fellowship alumnus and received a Mongolian Professional Fellowship Award from the Open Society Institute.