HRC45 – MRG and OPDP (Kenya) engage in a UN panel discussion on the protection of indigenous peoples’ rights defenders
Human Rights Council – 45th Session Geneva, Wednesday 23rd September 2020 Panel discussion – Annual panel on the rights…
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UN plan to protect 30 percent of the planet by 2030 could displace hundreds of millions, NGOs and experts warn
One hundred twenty-eight environmental and human rights NGOs and experts today warn that a United Nations drive to increase global…
Kenya Flouts African Court Judgment, Continues to Evict Ogiek in the Midst of COVID-19 Pandemic
MRG and the Ogiek Peoples’ Development Programme (OPDP) strongly condemn the Government of Kenya’s recent evictions of Ogiek communities, directly…
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…
A Portrait of Power and Resistance Among One of Africa’s Last Hunter-Gatherer Populations
May 23, 2019 (feature shoot) Living in Kenya’s Mau and Mont Elgon Forests are the Ogiek — one of East…
Two years on, Kenya has yet to implement judgment in Ogiek case – MRG Statement
MRG regrets that two years on, the government of Kenya has yet to implement the African Court on Human and…
Ogiek justice: now!
On 26 May 2017, after 8 long years, the Ogiek indigenous community won an historic land rights case against the…
May 2018 Minority Voices Podcast: An interview with Daniel Kobei, of Kenya’s Ogiek Peoples’ Development Programme
In May 2017, the Ogiek indigenous community of Kenya successfully challenged the denial of their land rights before the African…
Indigenous peoples’ land rights in Tanzania and Kenya: the impact of strategic litigation and legal empowerment
MRG recently commissioned an evaluation of its litigation and legal empowerment programmes implemented with minorities and indigenous peoples in East…
Les droits fonciers des peuples autochtones de la Tanzanie et du Kenya : l’impact des activités de renforcement des capacités juridiques et de litige stratégique
Une récente évaluation externe indépendante s’est penchée sur les résultats 15 années de travail pour le renforcement des capacités et…
