Why Iraq must support new bill which redresses the suffering of Yezidi women
Today, Yezidis will finally be able to give their loved ones a proper burial in Kocho, a small village in…
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Advocacy Iraq Iraq Christians Kaka'i Middle East Minorities Sabean-Mandaeans Shabak Turkmen United Nations Yezidi |
Open Letter to UN Special-Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide Wairimu Nderitu
H.E. Ms. Wairimu Nderitu UN Special Adviser on Genocide Prevention United Nations Secretariat 42nd Street New York, NY 10017 7…
Africa Americas Argentina Asia and Oceania Covid-19 Disability rights Health Indigenous peoples Iraq Middle East Minorities Native Americans Nepal Tanzania Thailand Yezidi |
Building back better: toward a minority, indigenous and disability-inclusive post-Covid-19 world
By Lauren Avery, MRG’s Minority and Disability Intersectional Officer Although the effects of the pandemic have been felt worldwide, they…
UN Committee to review the rights of women and girls in Iraq – MRG’s submission
The situation of women’s and girls’ human rights in Iraq will be reviewed by the UN Committee on the Elimination…
Advocacy Disability rights IDPs Iraq Iraq Christians Kaka'i Sabean-Mandaeans UN Treaty bodies Yezidi |
UN Committee to review the rights of persons with disabilities in Iraq – MRG’s submission
For the first time, the situation of persons with disabilities in Iraq will be reviewed by the UN Committee on…
Ahmadis Animists Armenians Asia and Oceania Atheists Baha'i Bangladesh Buddhists Chaldo-Assyrian-Syriac Christians Christians Gafatar India Indonesia Iran Iraq Lebanon Middle East Minorities Morocco Muslims Myanmar Nepal Pakistan Programmes Shi'a Sri Lanka Syria Thailand Tunisia Yezidi |
Protecting the rights of religious minorities
Duration: July 2019 – December 2022 Countries: Nepal, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Indonesia, Thailand, Lebanon, Morocco, Tunisia, Iraq,…
Advocacy Afro-descendants Armenians Baha'i Chaldo-Assyrian-Syriac Christians Iraq Kaka'i Kurds Roma Sabean-Mandaeans Shabak UPR Yezidi |
UPR of Iraq – MRG and Ceasefire’s submission
Minority Rights Group International (MRG) and the Ceasefire Center for Civilian Rights have submitted a written contribution ahead of the third…
Iraqi Yazidis in 2017
MRG intern, Helen Haile, a postgraduate student in International Relations at King’s College London focusing on political violence, the Middle…
Advocacy Advocacy Chaldo-Assyrian-Syriac Christians Iraq Kaka'i Lebanon Minorities Programmes Religion Sabean-Mandaeans Syria Yezidi |
Strengthening Human Rights Advocacy for Freedom of Religion and Belief in the Middle East and North Africa
Duration: April 2016 – April 2019 Countries: Lebanon, Syria, Iraq Communities: Armenian Christians, Baha’i, Black Iraqis, Chaldo-Assyrians, Faili Kurds, Kaka’i,…
Iraq: MRG’s call for a stronger engagement of the UN Human Rights Council
UN Human Rights Council, 30th session General Debate on item 4, September 2015 Thank you Mr. President, Minority Rights Group (MRG)…
