Minority Rights Group

MRG welcomes the Working Group’s report containing its guidance on the right of Indigenous Peoples to free, prior and informed consent (FPIC) in the context of business activities.

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For the Endorois people, food systems are inseparable from ancestral land, water, pastoralism, culture, health, and self-determination. The ripple effects of eviction from our ancestral lands conti...

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21 June 2021 • 5:00 – 6:00 pm BST Why do people leave Gambia? How does it feel? What does new European Abou dream about? Abou Sene is a Gambian fisherman and activist who met Polish director Gosi...

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24 September 2021 • 1:00 – 2:00 pm CEST The Hazara community is a visible ethnic minority in Afghanistan and many follow the minority Shia tradition in Islam. This has always made them vulnerable ...

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MRG, BMCA, OPDP and EIWEN make a statement on Fortress Conservation at the UN Human Rights Council

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Afro-Colombian Day or ‘Día de la Afrocolombianidad’ is an annual commemoration of the abolition of slavery in Colombia on 21 May 1851. 21 May is also the day of the first established free town in t...

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Zahra Marwan is the winner of last year’s UN International Art Contest: Minority Artists Working on Statelessness Themes. She was born to a Kuwaiti mother and a stateless father and she identifies ...

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In June 2021, Stanislav Tomáš, a Romani man in Teplice, Czech Republic, died after several police officers pinned him to the ground and knelt on his neck for several minutes. The death was filmed ...

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‘If we aren’t able to represent ourselves, how will we rebuild our nation?’ Abul Kalam is fighting to get his camera back from the Bangladeshi authorities after being arrested while documenting th...

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The MARIO programme works to build a supportive environment for grassroots Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) engaged in the promotion and protection of EU values across Bulgaria, Poland, Slovakia,...

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Organisation: Asociation Roma Cultural Center “O Del Amenca” | Asociatia Centrul Cultural al Romilor O Del Amenca The project aims to combat discrimination and promote minority rights in accessi...

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Organisation: RIGHT ASSOCIATION | ASOCIAȚIA RIGHT- RIGHT EGYESÜLET The project empowers Roma children through swimming, building self-esteem and promoting community integration. Advanced swimme...

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Organisation: Customs-Education-Culture-Gaujani Association | Asociația Datini – Educație – Cultură – Găujani This project creates a safe space for young Roma women and girls to freely express ...

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Organisation: DANROM Făurei Association | Asociația DANROM Făurei The project aims to improve access to justice and social services for the Roma community in Făurei. Facing discrimination, econ...

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Organisation: Association of the Civic Union of Young Roma from Romania (UCTRR) | Asociatia Uniunea Civica a Tinerilor Romi din Romania (UCTRR) The project aims to enhance the participation of ...

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This statement was delivered by Safia Shuaib Osman on behalf of MRG to the UN Human Rights Council’s 60th Session, under Item 10, Interactive Dialogue with the Independent Expert on Somalia on Thur...

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This statement was delivered by Sheimaa El Oubari on behalf of MRG to the UN Human Rights Council’s 60th Session, under Item 7, General Debate on Palestine, on Monday 29th October 2025.

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