Indigenous Communities in Uganda Mark International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
By Geofrey Sabiiti One week ago today, Minority Rights Group Africa (MRGA) joined civil society organisations (CSOs) in Uganda to…
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Celebrating Languages on Indigenous Peoples Day 2019
Silvia Quattrini is the Middle East and North Africa Programmes Coordinator at Minority Rights Group International. Every year, August 9th…
Who Belongs Where in Northeast India, and Who Should Decide?
By Joshua Castellino On 31 August 2019, a process lingering since 1985, may be brought to a close. This might…
MRG and its partners welcome the Human Rights Committee’s recommendations against Mauritania
On July 25th, 2019, the UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) released its new periodic report on Mauritania’s compliance with the…
Call for local advocacy projects: promoting accountability and inclusive citizenship of religious minorities across South Asia
The South Asia Collective, a regional network of researchers, activists, and organisations from across South Asia is looking to support…
“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…
Mauritania: Authorities must stop using arbitrary arrests to crackdown on anti-slavery and anti-discrimination activists
On 3 July 2019, Ahmedou Ould Wediaa, a prominent anti-slavery activist, journalist and member of the opposition party (Tawassoul) in…
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DRC: The admissibility decision of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights on a case involving the eviction of indigenous people from their ancestral lands represents a beacon of hope
Minority Rights Group International (MRG) and Environment Natural Resources and Development (ERND) welcome the adoption by the African Commission on…
A Practitioner’s Perspective on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Since the Adoption of ILO Convention No. 169
On the eve of the Seventy-Sixth Session of the International Labour Conference, during which the International Labour Organisation (‘ILO’) adopted…
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…
