Trouble in paradise – tourism and indigenous land rights: Together towards ethical solutions
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Find out what you can do to stop tourism from displacing indigenous people.
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Advocacy statements
- Submission to the CRPD Committee General Discussion on Article 11 People with disabilities in situations of risk and humanitarian emergencies
- MRG appelle la RDC à assurer la protection des droits des peuples Batwa
- MRG welcomes new report on indigenous peoples and Covid-19 recovery
- Civil Society Condemns Human Rights Violations against Indigenous Peoples in West Papua
- Status of peace and justice for indigenous peoples of East Africa: our recommendations
- Indigenous peoples must be at the forefront when it comes to redressing violations of their rights
- MRG and partners welcome new UN Rapporteur on persons with disabilities’ focus on intersectionality
- HRC45 – MRG welcomes the new Special Rapporteur on indigenous peoples and highlights the growing problem of “fortress conservation” projects violating indigenous peoples’ rights
- HRC45 – MRG and OPDP (Kenya) engage in a UN panel discussion on the protection of indigenous peoples’ rights defenders
- Declaration of Solidarity with Indigenous Batwa Prisoners in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Events
- Humanity’s Last Chance Saloon: Indigenous traditional knowledge & custodianship
- Land Body Ecologies: Understanding the Traumas of Fortress Conservation
- Eden Fine Day: her music, language and Canada’s ‘residential schools’
- EVENT – Inclusive, economic, social, cultural health and education policies for indigenous and minority peoples in Africa
- EVENT: The protection of human rights of ethnic minorities and Conflict Prevention using Early Warning Mechanism
- EVENT: Leave no one behind: An intentional call for a new social contract for indigenous peoples
- EVENT: Understanding access to education and health services for Batwa and persons with disabilities in Uganda
- Event: Access to Education and Health among Minority and Indigenous Communities in Kenya
- Sofa Talk: Paterson Joseph and Nyiraminani
- Maternal Mortality & Maternal Health Among Indigenous Women and Adolescent Girls
Key legal cases
- Belize: Advocating Maya people’s rights to land
- Burundi: Protecting Batwa land rights
- Democratic Republic of Congo: Protecting Batwa land rights
- Kenya: Protecting the Endorois’ right to land
- Tanzania: Protecting Maasai right to land
News and blogs
- Six years on: Celebration mixed with concern for the Ogiek of Mau
- No biodiversity action without human rights
- Magical Moments: Claire Thomas reporting from Somalia
- Beyond just conservation: a history of Maasai dispossession
- Unheard voices: disability and minorities and indigenous peoples in research
- Is the world paying enough attention to indigenous mental health?
- Climate-linked lake rise frustrates indigenous Endorois health volunteers
- Indigenous Ogiek health volunteers want clean water access
- Kenyan government should respect pro-indigenous rights rulings
- How much do you know about important minority and indigenous events and trends of 2021?
News from our projects
- Early warning mechanisms key to calming ethnic tensions
- Why journalists seeking out minority and indigenous voices is ever so important
- Accurate data key to amplifying indigenous voices
- ‘Network for Peace’ project improves lives of minority communities
- Why budgeting processes are crucial for minorities and indigenous peoples in Kenya
- Preventing evictions from the Mau Forest of Kenya
Opinion
Press releases
مجتمعات المناطق الحدودية في مصر معزولة عن الرعاية الصحية المناسبة، وفقا لتقرير موجز جديد
- Egypt’s border communities cut off from adequate healthcare, new briefing shows
- Deutsche und US-finanzierte Parkwächter:innen ermorden und vergewaltigen Mitglieder einer indigenen Gemeinschaft im Nationalpark der Demokratischen Republik Kongo, wie eine Untersuchung zeigt
- German and US funded park guards murder and rape indigenous community members living in DRC national park, investigation reveals
- Un rapport d’enquête révèle que des gardes du parc national de PNKB, financés par l’Allemagne et les États-Unis, ont violé et assassiné des membres de la communauté autochtone batwa
- Minority and indigenous peoples’ rights defenders urge African states to address marginalisation grievances
- Heath and education: Indigenous communities want action from the Government of Uganda ahead of upcoming UN review
- Kenya’s minority and indigenous communities missing out on education and healthcare access
- MRG briefing highlights WWF’s complicity in conservation-related Human Rights abuses
- UN plan to protect 30 percent of the planet by 2030 could displace hundreds of millions, NGOs and experts warn
Statements
- COP15: only a human rights-based approach will guarantee the newly agreed biodiversity targets, says Minority Rights Group International
- MRG condemns sentencing of Pamiri civil society leaders in Tajikistan
- Atteintes aux droits de l’homme dans le PNKB : les conclusions soi-disant « indépendantes » de l’enquête de l’ICCN ne peuvent être prises au pied de la lettre
- Human Rights Abuses in PNKB: So-called ‘independent’ findings of ICCN Investigation cannot be taken at face value
- MRG welcomes Uganda court verdict on Batwa compensation
- PETITION: Protect 80 per cent of the world’s biodiversity – recognise indigenous land rights
- 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
- Tell President Kenyatta of Kenya to stop illegal handouts of Ogiek lands
- MRG condemns ongoing violence against Mi’kmaq fishermen and calls on Canadian authorities to protect their rights
Programmes
- Furthest Behind First (FBF)
- Diversity: Impact on Vaccine Equality (DIVE)
- Enhancing quality and universal access to indigenous peoples’ reproductive healthcare (EQUIP)
- Supporting Human Rights Defenders in the area of land-related rights, indigenous peoples
- Deepening engagement: Achieving rights for Minorities and Indigenous Peoples in Africa
- Ethnic Minority Defenders: Amplifying the voices of indigenous human rights defenders to advocate for the rights to health and education
- Ireland Aid 3 (IA3) : Faire respecter les droits des minorités et des peuples indigènes dans le programme d’Afrique Centrale et de l’Est
- Ireland Aid 3 (IA3): Realising the rights of minorities and indigenous peoples in East and Central African Programme
- Strengthening the capacity of minorities and indigenous peoples to advocate for implementation of international standards
- Coordinated Public Action on Racism in Development
Publications
- Rapid Assessment Survey Report: Barriers to Participation of PWDs in Kenya’s 2022 General Elections
- Reparations at last: Land justice for Kenya’s Ogiek
- Health services for Egyptian Border Communities during the Covid-19 pandemic
- Implement Endorois Decision 276/03: Report on the impact of non-implementation of the African Commission’s Endorois decision
- Fortress Conservation and International Accountability for Human Rights Violations against Batwa in Kahuzi-Biega National Park
- To Purge the Forest by Force: Organized violence against Batwa in Kahuzi-Biega National Park
- Assessment of Batwa and persons with disabilities’ access to education and health services in Uganda
- Access to Education and Health among Minority and Indigenous Communities in Kenya
- Evaluation of UNESCO’s action to revitalise and promote indigenous languages
- Strategic Intelligence map: Social Justice
