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
- MRG and partners gravely concerned by the situation facing religious and ethnic minorities in India
- MRG and partner worried about the state of minority and Roma rights in Ukraine
- UPR of Hungary: MRG and Idetartozunk Egyesület call on the government to secure the rights of Roma
- MRG calls on states to increase their support to the UN Forum on Minority Issues
- MRG reacts to the report of the Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues on conflict prevention and minority rights
- MRG expresses grave concern over recent reports of extreme hate speech against minorities in India
- MRG reacts to the report of the UN Freedom of Religion or Belief expert on religious minorities in conflict
- MRG & partners call on Russia to cease the violence caused by the war against Ukraine
- UPR of Hungary – Joint contribution from MRG and Idetartozunk Egyesület on Roma rights
- MRG and partner advocate for adequate action to tackle hate speech against Roma in Ukraine
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
- Why Tajikistan’s indigenous Pamiri need our attention
- La situation des minorités et autres groupes minorisés en Tunisie, entre discrimination et reconnaissance
- Minorities and minoritized groups in Tunisia, between discrimination and recognition of diversity
- EVENT: On the edge of society – Discrimination against Roma in Croatia and Bulgaria (BLG/ENG)
- EVENT: On the edge of society – Discrimination against Roma in Croatia and Bulgaria (CRO/ENG)
- EVENT: History of Tyranny – The ongoing persecution of Hazaras in Afghanistan
- Gwendolyn Albert: Stanislav Tomáš and the plight of European Roma
- Event: Access to Education and Health among Minority and Indigenous Communities in Kenya
- Discrimination at school: Paterson Joseph and Sanabil Shahzad
- The Naqab Bedouin: New Perspectives
News and blogs
- Proud Roma: Celebrating Romani culture and pride through film
- How much do you know about important minority and indigenous events and trends of 2021?
- Boot camp re-energises Kenya’s indigenous activists
- Where hatred and intolerance can lead: letters from the Holocaust
- QUIZ: How much do you know about minority and indigenous peoples and climate change?
- 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
News from our projects
- Minorities in Turkey face numerous challenges in securing their rights to education in minority languages
- Accurate data key to amplifying indigenous voices
- La langue amazighe : entre le risque de disparition et l’espoir de victoire
- The Amazigh language: between the risk of extinction and the hope of victory
- Minority Rights Group Europe Launches two new projects in Turkey
- 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
- Roma in Croatia and Bulgaria face discrimination with little recourse to legal remedies – new report
- MRG condemns widespread attacks against Hindu minority in Bangladesh
- 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
Statements
- Military crackdown in Tajikistan: another step backwards for Pamiri minority rights and towards potential conflict
- MRG condemns killing of Priyantha Kumara, minority Christian in Pakistan
- By turning down bill against forced conversion, Pakistan fails to address human rights violations
- 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
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
- Promoting Roma Equality in Slovenia and Slovakia (PRESS)
- Inclusive Peacebuilding in Thailand’s Southern Border Province
- Furthest Behind First (FBF)
- Diversity: Impact on Vaccine Equality (DIVE)
- Freedom, rights and justice: Combatting descent-based slavery in Mauritania
- Fighting against all forms of discrimination in Tunisia (All 4 All)
- Iran and Iraq: Strengthening human rights defenders organisations working with vulnerable civilians
- 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
Publications
- Impact of Covid-19 on the rights of minorities and ‘minoritized’ populations: consultation with civil society
- Discrimination against Roma in Croatia and Bulgaria: A comparative report
- 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 – Focus on technology