Human Rights Organizations: Right to Return for North Sinai Residents is Fundamental, and Military Trials are invalid
International Contest for Minority Artists 2025: Belonging, Place and Loss
DRC: Provincial Decree may legitimize violence against the Batwa Indigenous Peoples
Stories of Solastalgia: Book Launch
State absence and self-reliance in Colombia
International minority art exhibition
Joint statement: It’s time for the OECD to walk the talk on human rights
The difference between life and death: indigenous maternal mortality
Strengthening Moroccan Civil Society
Violations in Lebanon must urgently be investigated
Justice served: The Batwa of Kahuzi-Biega and the failure of fortress conservation
Advocating for Migrant Communities in Morocco
Türkiye: stop harassing Diyarbakir arrestees and protect Kurdish cultural expression
DRC: Respecting indigenous peoples’ rights ruled key in fighting climate crisis
Celebrating Batwa heritage
International Contest for Minority Artists 2025
The 2025 theme invites creative exploration by minority artist human rights defenders on the theme of Belonging, Place and Loss.
About us
Our strategy
We work with minority and indigenous communities towards a world where they can live in peace and on an equal basis with others.
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Who we are
We work worldwide with 300 community organizations to defend minority and indigenous rights.
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What we do
From advocacy and litigation to documentary films and research, our work is tailored to the needs of the communities we work with.
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Our people
Meet our dedicated team based in 30 countries worldwide.
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Coalitions and networks
We join forces with like-minded organizations to challenge the power structures that exclude and silence.
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Voices
Sign languages are minority languages!
In order to truly ‘Leave No One Behind’ our social movements must forge ties and build solidarities that centre those experiencing multiple discrimination.
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EMMAP: Reporting for peace
The EMMAP programme trained and supported journalists, journalism students and civil society organizations across the Ghana, Senegal and…
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Determined to liberate myself: An interview with Sylvia Kokunda
Our voices, when raised together as a community, can address the injustices we face.
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Our strategy
We work with ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities, and indigenous peoples to secure their rights and promote understanding between communities.
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Kasiet Mamyrbay, daughter of detained human rights activist Rita Karasartova, speaking during the #Reaction march, a peaceful protest supporting prisoners in the Kempir-Abad case. Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. 25 November 2022. Credit: Danil Usmanov.