States must support new UN body to counter anti-Black racism by ensuring the nomination of strong and independent experts
The UN General Assembly has created in the summer a new Permanent Forum on People of African Descent. This new…
2021 CERD election today – Need for greater geographic diversity and competition in future
Today, the 182 States parties to the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD) were…
George Floyd: one year on, MRG stands with all minority victims of police violence and their families
Today marks one year since George Floyd was murdered by police officer Derek Chauvin in Minneapolis, MN. Minority Rights Group…
Achieving true racial justice: an update on our work to defeat structural discrimination
The internal discussion at Minority Rights Group (MRG), following the call for dismantling structural discrimination ignited by the killing of…
‘The media is part of the problem, not the solution!’
Ara Iskanderian, a British-Armenian interning in MRG’s publications department, reflects on the media’s influence on racist attitudes It’s a rare…