Defending our Future: Overcoming the Challenges of Returning the Ogiek Home
See the full report. On the 26th of May 2017 cheering broke out in a courtroom in Arusha as the…
Climate change
Climate change
Indigenous Guardianship is Imperative to Protecting Earth’s Biodiversity
By Colin Luoma, Researcher at Minority Rights Group International The International Day for Biological Diversity provides space to reflect on…
Earth Day 2020
As we celebrate Earth Day’s 50th anniversary, we recognise that it is an Earth Day like no other. We are…
An African perspective on migrants and migration in Senegal
Photo: A child pauses for a photo in Saint Louis, Senegal. © Jana Cavojska By Hamimu Masudi, Media Officer at…
Senegal: the impact of the climate crisis on the fisher community of St. Louis
By Carl Söderbergh, Director of Policy and Communications at Minority Rights Group International How to describe an absence? That was…
“It’s Ogoniland today, but it could be your home tomorrow”
Lazarus Tamana, the European Coordinator for the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People was recently interviewed by Rowen…
HRC41 – Side Event – Integrating a Human Rights Perspective in Climate Action
MRG is co-hosting a side event calling for the Integration of a human rights perspective in climate action, to be…
Climate change further reinforces inequalities and disproportionately affects minorities and indigenous peoples, according to MRG’s annual trends report
Minority Rights Group International (MRG) launches today the 2019 edition of its annual ‘Minority and Indigenous Trends’. This year’s report…
Minority and Indigenous Trends 2019
Climate change poses a profound environmental challenge that will leave no country or community untouched. Its social impact, if unaddressed,…
The Arctic: a reality check on environmental health
In the first in a series of articles on the Arctic, Elvira Nurieva, a recent intern at MRG Europe’s office,…
