Voices that must be heard: minorities and indigenous people combating climate change
A4, 12pp, ISBN 978 1 904584 80 3
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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 concerned about the situation of black and other marginalized people with disabilities in Brazil
- MRG and partner worried about the state of minority and Roma rights in Ukraine
- MRG appelle la RDC à assurer la protection des droits des peuples Batwa
- 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
Documentary films
- Les femmes sub-sahariennes en Tunisie, à l’intersection des discriminations
- Sub-Saharan women in Tunisia, at the intersection of discriminations
- Minority Testimonies of Statelessness
- Nuevo documental de MRG y Hollman Morris: El Oro para Suarez – Mineros afrocolombianos defendiendo sus raíces
Events
- Humanity’s Last Chance Saloon: Indigenous traditional knowledge & custodianship
- Land Body Ecologies: Understanding the Traumas of Fortress Conservation
- Why Tajikistan’s indigenous Pamiri need our attention
- Eden Fine Day: her music, language and Canada’s ‘residential schools’
- 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 – Inclusive, economic, social, cultural health and education policies for indigenous and minority peoples in Africa
- 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
Key legal cases
News and blogs
- Six years on: Celebration mixed with concern for the Ogiek of Mau
- No biodiversity action without human rights
- The devastating impact of the recent earthquakes on Turkey’s minorities
- Magical Moments: Claire Thomas reporting from Somalia
- Beyond just conservation: a history of Maasai dispossession
- No Data IS Data: what existing but untapped disaggregated data tells us about inequalities in vaccination rates in the Global South
- Unheard voices: disability and minorities and indigenous peoples in research
- Is the world paying enough attention to indigenous mental health?
- Kick off in Qatar: Who is being overshadowed?
- Climate-linked lake rise frustrates indigenous Endorois health volunteers
News from our projects
- Minorities in Turkey face numerous challenges in securing their rights to education in minority languages
- 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
- 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
- Why budgeting processes are crucial for minorities and indigenous peoples in Kenya
- Bosnia and Herzegovina: Video stories on everyday challenges faced by Roma communities
Opinion
Press releases
- UN Committee makes historic recommendations to Brazilian Government on intersectional discrimination between disability and race
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
- Roma in Croatia and Bulgaria face discrimination with little recourse to legal remedies – new report
- MRG condemns widespread attacks against Hindu minority in Bangladesh
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
- 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
- MRG welcomes Uganda court verdict on Batwa compensation
- PETITION: Protect 80 per cent of the world’s biodiversity – recognise indigenous land rights
- Joint Letter to demand justice for Stanislav Tomáš
Programmes
- Improving access for Roma communities to employment opportunities in the hospitality industry
- 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
- Enhancing quality and universal access to indigenous peoples’ reproductive healthcare (EQUIP)
- 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
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
- No Data IS Data: What existing but untapped disaggregated data tells us about inequalities in vaccination rates in the Global South
- Protests, discrimination and the future of minorities in Iran
- 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
- 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
