Genocide and Minorities: Preventing the Preventable
This briefing outlines how to enhance the UN’s capacity to address the interconnected issues of the protection of minorities and the prevention of violent conflict.
Publications
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Advocacy statements
Documentary films
- Where We Belong – a film offering a rare glimpse into the everyday life of post-ISIS rural Iraq
- Minority Testimonies of Statelessness
- Our Lives in Transit – documentary sheds light on harsh realities faced by ‘legal ghosts’ in Dominican Republic
- Esclaves et discriminées : l’émancipation des femmes Haratines de Mauritanie
- Shaheedo Tum Kahan Ho – a film about Pakistan’s Hazara
- Suárez Gold – Afro-Colombian miners defending their heritage
- Nuevo documental de MRG y Hollman Morris: El Oro para Suarez – Mineros afrocolombianos defendiendo sus raíces
- A Journey to Imja Lake: Climate change in the land of the Sherpa
Events
- Event: Access to Education and Health among Minority and Indigenous Communities in Kenya
- The Naqab Bedouin: New Perspectives
- “No nationality, no rights”: Statelessness affecting Dominicans of Haitian descent
News and blogs
- Stand Up For Stanislav Tomáš: A Call for Accountability and Structural Change in the Czech Republic
- Weekend thoughts on the plight of the left behind
- La Tunisie va créer une Commission contre la discrimination raciale
- Tunisia to establish a Commission against racial discrimination
- Policing Bill: How the UK proves structural racism is alive and well against Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Communities
- We come to this world as human beings and we should stay human beings until our death – Part 2 of 2
- We come to this world as human beings and we should stay human beings until our death – Part 1 of 2
- Why Iraq must support new bill which redresses the suffering of Yezidi women
- Amendment to UK Trade Bill could be an immense step toward genocide prevention
- International solidarity makes Auschwitz a living memorial
News from our projects
- Virtual Advice Centers: A tool to safeguard Roma rights in Macedonia
- Macedonia: Institutional discrimination and police brutality against Roma
- Iraq’s Sabean Mandeans in the spotlight
- Bosnia and Herzegovina: Video stories on everyday challenges faced by Roma communities
- MRG launches campaign to fight racism in the Dominican Republic
Press releases
- Kenya’s minority and indigenous communities missing out on education and healthcare access
- Les autorités françaises arrêtent Roger Lumbala, ancien chef de milice, pour crimes contre l’humanité en RDC
- French authorities arrest Roger Lumbala, former militia leader, for crimes against humanity in the DRC
- Historic court decision removing a key legacy of slavery in Tunisia warmly welcomed by MRG
- Six months since being declared a pandemic, evidence mounts of how Covid-19 hits minorities and indigenous peoples hardest – New briefing
- بعد ستة أشهر من إعلانه وباء، تظهر الأدلة المتزايدة أن فايروس الكورونا يؤثر على الأقليات والشعوب الأصلية بصورة كبيرة – تقرير جديدة
- Nouveau briefing : Après six mois de pandémie, il devient de plus en plus clair que les minorités et peuples autochtones sont les premiers affectés par la Covid-19
- Peoples Under Threat 2020: COVID-19 worsens conflicts and threatens minorities
- MRG condemns passing of the Citizenship Amendment Bill, calls on the Indian government for its repeal
- Climate change further reinforces inequalities and disproportionately affects minorities and indigenous peoples, according to MRG’s annual trends report
Statements
- Joint Letter to demand justice for Stanislav Tomáš
- Communiqué contre le racisme et la xénophobie
بيان للتنديد بخطاب العنصريّة وكره الأجانب
- Statement against racism and xenophobia
- MRG stands in solidarity with Palestinians and denounces all violence against civilians
- MRG concerned about anti-slavery linked arrests in Mauritania
- MRG préoccupé par les récentes arrestations liées à la lutte contre l’esclavage en Mauritanie
- Problem of Ramseyer’s Article on Buraku: from the Perspective of Human Rights and Non-Discrimination
- Excuser les torts de la conservation ? Un rapport accuse le WWF de violations des droits humains mais n’exige pas de comptes
- Excusing conservation wrongs? Report finds WWF culpable for human rights violations but does not assign blame
Advocacy statements
- Indigenous peoples must be at the forefront when it comes to redressing violations of their rights
- Anielle Franco addresses the HRC about police violence against Black and LGBT+ Brazilians
- MRG hails UN report on Islamophobia
- MRG calls for the immediate release of Kurdish activists and others arbitrarily detained in Iran
- UPR of Mauritania – MRG’s contributions
- HRC – MRG and Chirikli on the situation of Roma in Ukraine in light of the COVID-19 pandemic
- MRG joins the global call for international human rights monitoring on China
- HRC43 – MRG urges Ukraine to deliver on Roma rights
- HRC43 – Urgent debate – MRG calls for independent investigations into racist police brutality in the USA and for strong UN action to eradicate systemic racism in law enforcement at the global level
- HRC43 – Urgent debate – MRG joins ACLU’s call for UN investigation into systemic racism in law enforcement in the USA
Law and legal cases
- Botswana: Tribal recognition and equality for the Wayeyi
- Chagos Islands: The Right of Return for the Chagossians
- Russia: Roma housing rights
Programmes
- Fighting against all forms of discrimination in Tunisia
- Strengthening Capacity of Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities and Ensure an Effective Advocacy for them in Turkey
- Equality for Roma through Enhanced Legal Access (ERELA): Increasing Roma access to justice in Bulgaria and Croatia
- Roma Equality through Increased Legal Access (REILA): Increasing the access to justice of the Roma in Hungary and Serbia
- From Disparity to Dignity: Realizing Indigenous & Minority Rights in Development
- Ethnic Minority Defenders: Amplifying the voices of indigenous human rights defenders to advocate for the rights to health and education
- Protecting the rights of religious minorities
- Iraq and Pakistan: promoting religious equality for inclusive development
- Tackling Multiple Forms of Discrimination in Tunisia
Publications
- Access to Education and Health among Minority and Indigenous Communities in Kenya
- Online hatred pushing minorities to the periphery: An analysis of Pakistani social media feeds
- Roma in the Republic of Serbia and Hungary: The Challenges of Discrimination – A Comparative Report
- Roma in Hungary: The Challenges of Discrimination
- Roma in the Republic of Serbia: The Challenges of Discrimination
- Covid-19 Response Action for Roma in Ukraine
- Strategic Intelligence map: Social Justice
- Minority and Indigenous Trends 2020
- Inequality and the impact of Covid-19: How discrimination is shaping the experiences of minorities and indigenous peoples during the pandemic
- State of health and education among minority and indigenous peoples in Kenya
