By Hope Otieno, Legal Fellow at Minority Rights Group Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) has one of the most complicated systems of governance in the world.   In a bid to end the years of conflict resulting in the deaths of more than 100,000 people, the Dayton Peace...

This hybrid event will serve as an opportunity to share current efforts, good and promising practices, and innovative examples of programming which contribute to addressing racism and racial discrimination and to the protection of minorities at the country level, and...

Click here to read in English برای خواندن این بیانیه به زبان فارسی اینجا کلیک کنید قبل عام، توفيت مهسا جينا أميني، وهي امرأة إيرانية كردية بلغت من العمر 22 عاماً، أثناء احتجازها من قبل شرطة الأخلاق بعد اعتقالها بتهمة ارتداء الحجاب “غير اللائق” في طهران....

Click here to read in English انقر هنا لقراءة هذا البيان باللغة العربية تمثل انتفاضات “المرأة، الحياة، الحرية” أول احتجاجات وطنية على الإطلاق لدعم حقوق النساء لسنوات، وخاصة في الأشهر التي سبقت وفاة مهسا جينا أميني في حجز الشرطة، كان الشعب الإيراني منهكاً...

برای خواندن این بیانیه به زبان فارسی اینجا کلیک کنید انقر هنا لقراءة هذا البيان باللغة العربية A year ago, Mahsa Jina Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian woman, died in the custody of the morality police after being arrested over alleged “improper” hijab in Tehran....

In partnership with Minority Rights Group International, Western Sydney University are delighted to host the Australian launch of Focus on Water – Minority and Indigenous Trends 2023 Report  The Report features 32 country-specific case studies and...

This message was delivered on 14 September 2023 by Carl Söderbergh during the interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the rights to water and sanitation at the 54th session of the UN Human Rights Council. Special Rapporteur, Minority Rights Group warmly...

When? Tuesday 19 September 2023, 11.00 am ET. Where? Virtual and in-person, Human Rights Watch Offices, New York, USA. When the Sustainable Development Agenda was being negotiated in 2015, many governments as well as the UN emphasized the need to mobilize private...

When? Sunday 17 September 2023, 3.15 – 4.45 pm. Where? Conference Room 7, UN Secretariat, New York, USA. In-person event. International sign language and French and Spanish translations will be provided. This side event forms part of discussions held in New York...

Minority Rights Group International (MRG) applauds the Human Rights Committee’s (the Committee) decision of 10 July 2023, condemning Australia for violating the human rights of the Wunna Nyiyaparli Indigenous People by nullifying their claim to their ancestral land....