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
- MRG: The rhetoric of ‘green transitions’ cannot be used to push ever more deeply into indigenous territories
- Minority Rights Group exhorte la RDC à mettre fin à l’impunité des responsables de violences contre les filles et femmes autochtones
- 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
- 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
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
- 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
News and blogs
- Kenyan government should respect pro-indigenous rights rulings
- Proud Roma: Celebrating Romani culture and pride through film
- How much do you know about important minority and indigenous events and trends of 2021?
- World Food Day: How much do you know about the food habits of minorities and indigenous peoples?
- Boot camp re-energises Kenya’s indigenous activists
- Where hatred and intolerance can lead: letters from the Holocaust
- Indigenous paralegals and the fight for climate justice
- QUIZ: How much do you know about minority and indigenous peoples and climate change?
- QUIZ: How much do you know about indigenous peoples?
- Stand Up For Stanislav Tomáš: A Call for Accountability and Structural Change in the Czech Republic
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
- Virtual Advice Centers: A tool to safeguard Roma rights in Macedonia
Opinion
Press releases
- Ogiek win another landmark victory in African Court
- Indigenous Ogiek in Kenya eagerly anticipate reparations judgement
- 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
- Kenya’s minority and indigenous communities missing out on education and healthcare access
Statements
- 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
- Communiqué contre le racisme et la xénophobie
- بيان للتنديد بخطاب العنصريّة وكره الأجانب
Law and legal cases
- Belize: Advocating Maya people’s rights to land
- Botswana: Tribal recognition and equality for the Wayeyi
- Burundi: Protecting Batwa land rights
- Chagos Islands: The Right of Return for the Chagossians
- Chile: Mapuche and the right to non-discrimination and equality
- Democratic Republic of Congo: Protecting Batwa land rights
- African Commission of Human and Peoples’ Rights v Kenya (the ‘Ogiek case’)
- Kenya: Protecting the Endorois’ right to land
- Russia: Roma housing rights
- Tanzania: Protecting Maasai right to land
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
- Enhancing quality and universal access to indigenous peoples’ reproductive healthcare (EQUIP)
- Fighting against all forms of discrimination in Tunisia (All 4 All)
- Networks for Peace: Preventing and resolving conflicts through early warning mechanisms in Africa
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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