Actions of the UK with respect to the indigenous peoples of the Chagos Islands – Universal Periodic Review 27th session
Background In 1965, the UK formed a separate colony, called the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT), by separating the Chagos…
Chagos Islanders, Chagossians or Ilois
Chagos Islanders, Chagossians or Ilois
Chagos Islands: The Right of Return for the Chagossians
The Chagossians were forcibly removed from their ancestral home on the Chagos Islands by the United Kingdom in the 1970s…
UPR of the United Kingdom – MRG’s submission
Minority Rights Group International (MRG), has submitted a written contribution ahead of the third Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the United…
Anti-discrimination Chagos Islanders, Chagossians or Ilois Chagos Islands UN Treaty bodies United Nations |
Submission to the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
This submission was made by MRG to the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), 79th Session, 8 August…
Chagossians/Ilois
Profile In 1776, the first Ilois were brought by French settlers as slaves to work on coconut plantations in the…
UK Appeal Court hearing – government must address Chagossians’ situation without delay, new report
On the eve of a case in the UK’s Appeal Court challenging the creation of the Chagos Marine Protected Area,…
Chagos Islanders
Chagossian leader Olivier Bancoult celebrates after 2007 court victory MRG has been supporting the Chagos Islanders in their lengthy battle…
Whilst UK government appeals to Lords, Chagos islanders have right to return, says UN Committee
Chagossian leader Olivier Bancoult celebrates after 2007 court victory A leading United Nations human rights committee has said that the…
First test on human rights for Gordon Brown – FCO appeals to Lords over Chagossians
Minority Rights Group International and the UK Chagos Support Association deplore the Foreign and Commonwealth Office decision to appeal to…
