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- MRG statement to the 16th session of the UN Human Rights Council (Item 5)
- MRG statement to the 16th session of the UN Human Rights Council (Item 3)
- MRG statement to the 16th session of the UN Human Rights Council (Item 4)
- Human Rights Council, 7th Session
- Human Rights Council, 7th Session
- Human Rights Council, 7th Session
- Human Rights Council, 6th Session
- UN Human Rights Council - the report of the Independent Expert on Minority Issues
- UN Human Rights Council - expert advice and NGO participation
- The need for an open forum for minorities at the United Nations
- Solutions to the problems of Minorities in Kosovo
- Statement made by Minority Rights Group International on behalf of minorities caucus on future of minorities mechanisms
- Statement to Council of Europe Conference on strengthening civil society input into the Framework Convention monitoring process
- Forced evictions of Roma communities in Athens
- Recommending further measures, as appropriate, for the promotion and protection of the rights of persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities
- The Future Role of the Working Group
- The Millennium Development Goals: Helping or Harming Minorities?
- Forced evictions of Roma communities in Patras
- Commission should establish new high-level post on minority issues - joint intervention of MRG and IMADR at the UN Commission on Human Rights
- The Millennium Development Goals and Minority Rights
- Joint statement by MRG and IMADR to CERD: Thematic Discussion on the Prevention of Genocide
- Report Launch: 'Gender, Minorities and Indigenous Peoples'
- Statement on the Human Rights Situation of Endorois of Kenya
- Minorities in Turkey
- Submission to the UN High-Level Panel On Threats, Challenges and Change
- Statement on the Human Rights Situation in Africa
- Resolution on the rights of persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities
- Statement on the situation of women belonging to minorities
- The Right to Development: Where to From Here?
- Caste-based Discrimination and Analogous Forms of Inherited Social Exclusion
- Decisions and Recommendations of the UN Working Group on Minorities - 10th Session
- Presentation of findings from a survey of participants in MRG's Neelan Tiruchelvam Programme and the Working Group on Minorities
- Recommendations to the UN Working Group on Minorities - joint intervention by MRG and minority activists
- Intervention at special CERD thematic discussion on non-citizens
- An examination of approaches by international development agencies to minority issues in development - 01/03/2004
- African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights, 34th Session
- Resolution on the Adoption of the Report of the African Commissions Working Group on Indigenous Populations/Communities
- Muslims in Britain - a presentation by Dr Humayun Ansari
- Challenges and opportunities for minority rights
- Resolution on the Situation of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples in Africa
- Resolution on the Situation in Darfur (Western Sudan)
- Guidelines on the use of Minority Language in the Broadcast Media
- Joint statement by the Lutheran World Federation and MRG
- Joint Intervention to the UN Sub-Commission, on the situation of minorities in Africa
- Joint intervention on Discrimination Based on Work and Descent, given at the UN Sub-Commission
- Joint intervention on the Rwanda genocide and the need for a UN Special Representative on Minorities, to the UN Sub-Commission
- Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights 55th Session
- Sub Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights - 55th Session
- Statement on the UN Working Group on Minorities, submitted to the Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, July 28 - Aug 15 2003
- Working Group on Minorities - 9th Session, Geneva
- Joint intervention to UN Working Group on Minorities by 17 NGOs including MRG
- Intervention by the Caucus of Minorities at the UN Working Group on Minorities
- Intervention by the Caucus of Minorities at the UN Working Group on Minorities
- Working Group on Minorities - 9th Session, Geneva
- Joint intervention to the Commission on Human Rights, calling on the UN to establish a special mechanism on minorities
- UN Commission on Human Rights, 59th Session
- UN Commission on Human Rights, 59th Session
- UN Commission on Human Rights, 59th Session
- 4th session of the open-ended Working Group on the Right to Development
- Joint intervention on Indonesia in collaboration with three Indonesian NGOs, Working Group on Minorities sub-regional meeting, Chiang Mai
- Calling for a Special UN Mechanism on Minorities
- Discrimination on the basis of work and descent
- Sub-Commission should examine the right to development for minorities
- Recommendations to the Working Group on Minorities - Joint statement on behalf of 26 NGOs
- Minority Rights and Development: Overcoming exclusion, discrimination and poverty
- Right of effective participation of minorities in society
- Calling for a special UN mechanism on minorities
- Religious intolerance in China
- Discrimination against minorities and indigenous peoples will undermine the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals
- Discrimination against minorities: a barrier to their full human development
- Intervention at the UN World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance
- Discrimination on the grounds of work and descent
- UN Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights: Fifty-third session
- UN Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, 53rd Session, 2001
- UN Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, 52nd session 31 July-18 August 2000
- Commission on Human Rights 57th Session: Agenda item 18: Effective functioning of human rights mechanisms
- UN Commission on Human Rights 57th Session, 10 April 2001: Item 14(c): Specific groups and individuals: Mass exoduses and displaced persons
- UN Commission on Human Rights 57th Session, 27th March 2001, Item 7: Right to Development
- UN Commission on Human Rights 57th Session, 27th March 2001, Item 6: Racism and Racial Discrimination
- United Nations High Commissions on Human Rights 56th Session, March-April 2000 Item 14b: Minorities
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights, 11 April 2000
- OCSE Human Dimension Implimentation Meeting, Warsaw, October 2000
- OCSE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting, Warsaw, October 2000
- Racial Discrimination and the United Nations System
- UN Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, 52nd session, 31 July-18 August 2000
- UN Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, 52nd Session, 31 July-18 August 2000
- Commission on Human Rights Sub-Commission on Promotion and Protection of Human Rights UN Working Group on Minorities 6th Session 22-26 May 2000
- Commission on Human Rights Sub-Commission on Promotion and Protection of Human Rights UN Working Group on Minorities, 6th Session, 22-26 May 2000
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights 56th Session, 27 March 2000
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights 56th Session, March 2000
- Implementation Meeting on Human Dimension Issues, Warsaw, 26 October - 6 November 1998
- UN Commission on Human Rights 54th session, March 1998
- Working Group on Minorities 19 May - 25 May 1998
- Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities 50th Session, Geneva, August 1998
- Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities 50th Session, August 1998
- UN Commission on Human Rights 54th session, March 1998
- Implementation Meeting on Human Dimension Issues, Warsaw, 26 October - 6 November 1998
- Implementation Meeting on Human Dimension Issues, Warsaw, 26 October - 6 November 1998
- Implementation Meeting on Human Dimension Issues, Warsaw, 26 October - 6 November 1998
- UN Commission on Human Rights 55th Session
- UN Commission on Human Rights 54th session, March 1998
- Implementation Meeting on Human Dimension Issues, Warsaw, 26 October - 6 November 1998
- OSCE Review Conference, Vienna, September 1999
- OSCE Review Conference, Vienna, September 1999
- OSCE Review Conference, Vienna, September 1999
- OSCE Review Conference
- Implementation Meeting on Human Dimension Issues, Warsaw, 26 October - 6 November 1998
- UN Working Group on Minorities 5th Session
- UN Commission On Human Rights 55th Session
News
- Two years on from African Commissions ruling, Kenya continues to drag its feet in recognising indigenous peoples ownership of wildlife park, MRG urges government to act
- MRG welcomes ICC ruling and calls for robust protection of minorities in Kenya
- Urgent measures needed to protect all ethnic groups after recent South Sudan attacks, MRG
- MRG calls for independent international mechanism to deal with issue of accountability in Sri Lanka
- New EU Member States are well-placed to promote human rights to development
- Competition for natural resources a major trigger of conflicts in East Africa new report
- Discrimination, threats and violence still prevent Iraq's minorities from accessing public services - MRG's new report
- MRG calls for immediate halt to Israeli plan to force tens of thousands of Arab Bedouin from their homes, new report
- Minorities Side-lined in Panel to Oversee Change
- Jogvédő szervezetek rendszeres egyeztetésre hívják fel a kormányt az ENSZ emberi jogi felülvizsgálata során megfogalmazott ajánlások végrehajtása érdekében
- A magyar, a lengyel és a ciprusi EU elnökség ráirányítja a figyelmet az új tagállamokban a globális szegénység elleni küzdelemre, mondja az MRG
- The Hungarian, Polish and Cypriot EU Presidencies put global poverty reduction into the spotlight in new EU member states, says MRG
- Human rights organizations called on the Hungarian government to regularly consult civil society in relation to the effective implementation of the recommendations formulated by the UN Human Rights Council during Hungarys Universal Periodic Review
- Persecution of minorities a lasting legacy of 9/11 says MRG
- Minority women deliberately targeted for rape and other violence new global report
- Las mujeres pertenecientes a minorías son objeto de ataques deliberados de violación sexual y otros actos de violencia nuevo informe global
- Les femmes de communautés minoritaires sont délibérément ciblées dans le cadre de viols et dautres formes de violences nouveau rapport mondial
- Coalition applauds EU leaders endorsement of Roma Framework
- Ethnic tensions could increase violence in Southern Sudan MRG
- "Polska może stać się efektywnym uczestnikiem współpracy rozwojowej pomimo ograniczonych środków", podaje MRG.
- Magyarország a fejlesztési együttműködésre fordítható korlátozott erőforrásai ellenére is hatékony donorrá válhat állítja az MRG
- Cyprus can become an effective donor despite limited resources for development cooperation, says MRG
- Hungary can become an effective donor despite limited resources for development cooperation, says MRG
- Poland can become an effective donor despite limited resources for development cooperation, says MRG
- Afghanistan most significant riser in global Peoples Under Threat 2011 survey
- Côte dIvoire faces threat of more killings as country rises significantly in Peoples Under Threat 2011 ranking
- A Kirgizisztánban élő kisebbségek fenyegetettsége nőtt a leginkább az európai és közép-ázsiai térségben az új, globális felmérés szerint
- Stopień zagrożenia dla mniejszości w Europie i Azji Środkowej najbardziej wzrósł w Kirgistanie nowy globalny sondaż
- Nejvyí nárůst ohroení menin v Evropě a ve Střední Asii byl zaznamenán v Kyrgyzstánu - nový globální průzkum
- Threat level for minorities in Europe and Central Asia has increased the most in Kyrgyzstan new global survey
- A roma-ellenesség ellehetetleníti a romák befogadását
- Anti-Gypsyism is blocking Roma inclusion
- ERPC Statement: EU Roma Framework weak on discrimination against Roma
- Announcement: Winner of Minority Voices Young Journalist Award
- A comprehensive investigation into the racial harassment of Roma in Gyöngyöspata must be a priority for the EU President Hungary, says MRG
- Az Európai Uniót elnöklő Magyarországnak minél előbb ki kell vizsgálnia a gyöngyöspatai romák ellen elkövetett rasszista indíttatású zaklatásokat, mondja az MRG
- Cyprus conflict resolution strongly questioned if minorities continue to be excluded new MRG report
- Concerns raised over situation of minorities in Middle East and North Africa
- MRG statement to mark International Womens Day: Minority women most affected by conflict but left out in peace-building
- MRG condemns targeted attacks on Ogiek activists
- MRG condemns killing of Pakistan's Minorities Minister
- Iran's minorities forgotten victims as government repression intensifies new briefing
- Rising ethnic nationalism in Sri Lanka targets minorities for abuse new report
- MRG statement to mark International Human Rights Day - minority rights defenders need increased international support and protection
- EU development money failed to reach minorities in the Western Balkans during the last decade
- Magyarországnak az EU-s elnökség idején is napirenden kellene tartania az afrikai országokkal való együttműködést
- Hungary should keep cooperation with African states on its agenda while presiding over the EU
- Mniejszości etniczne i religijne w Somalii zapomniane ofiary wojny domowej nowy raport MRG (Polish)
- Zapomenuté oběti občanské války z etnických a náboenských menin v Somálsku nová zpráva MRG (Czech)
- Feledésbe merültek az etnikai és vallási kisebbségek a szomáliai polgárháborúban új MRG jelentés (Hungarian)
- Somalia's ethnic and religious minorities forgotten victims of civil war - new MRG report
- Ahead of elections MRG calls on Burma to address marginalisation of minorities.
- Minority Voices Young Journalist Award
- MRG strongly condemns attack on Christians in Baghdad church
- Bosnian election system discriminatory and must be changed MRG
- Introducing the Minority Voices Newsroom frontline new media meets marginalized communities
- European Roma Policy Coalition calls for a European Roma strategy
- Millennium Development Goals set to be missed if aid continues to fail minorities, says MRG
- Millennium Development Goals will be missed if aid continues to fail minorities, says MRG
- A Millenniumi Fejlesztési Célok nem teljesíthetőek, amennyiben a segélyek továbbra sem érik el a kisebbségeket, mondja az MRG
- Milenijne Cele Rozwoju nie zostaną zrealizowane, jeśli mniejszości nadal będą pomijane przy rozdzielaniu pomocy twierdzi MRG
- France's decision to expel Roma is discriminatory, says MRG
- MRG welcomes Supreme Court decision upholding Maya land rights in Belize, but deplores Government decision to appeal
- Ten years on global poverty reduction strategies failing poorest people new report
- DRC: Justice urged for murder of human rights defender
- Rise of far right in Europe fuels spread of intolerance towards religious minorities, new report
- Religious minorities targeted by rise in nationalist and extremist groups in South Asia new report
- Religious intolerance now driving persecution of minorities across the world new report
- Interview opportunity: Dr Hunain Al-Qaddo, Head of Iraqi Minorities Organization
- One year since the end of war: Sri Lanka's minorities need justice, security and lasting peace
- High rates of violence against women from Africa's indigenous Batwa community – new research
- Szudán és Oroszország lépett előre a legtöbbet a népirtástól való fenyegetettséget elemző 2010-es rangsorban
- Sudan and Russia are major risers in 'Peoples under Threat' 2010 rankings
- Sudan, Somalia top 'Peoples under Threat' global ranking
- MRG welcomes report to the Human Rights Council by the UN expert on minorities
- Minorities in Iraq fear for their safety ahead of elections
- Landmark decision rules Kenya's removal of indigenous people from ancestral land illegal
- MRG 'deeply disappointed' by Europe's top human rights court ruling on Kurdish names
- Bosnian Jew and Roma win challenge in European Court of Human Rights against bar on running for public office
- New laws protecting minorities a must in Georgia - MRG briefing
- Open doors to indigenous and minority communities at Copenhagen climate change conference - MRG
- Minority Rights Group requests urgent UN intervention in illegal eviction of Kenyas Ogiek community
- MRG: Hrant Dink için adalet vakti
- Time for Justice for Hrant Dink, says MRG
- Uncertainty and injustice for minority refugees from Iraq new report
- Incertidumbre e injusticia para los refugiados de Iraq - nuevo informe
- Az Irakból menekülő kisebbségek bizonytalansággal és igazságtalansággal kerülnek szembe új jelentés
- Incertitude et Injustice pour les réfugiés des minorités dIraq- Nouveau Rapport
- Traditional community methods could provide solutions to conflicts in East Africa
- Pakisztánnak garantálnia kell a hazatérő pastu és más kisebbségek biztonságát új gyorsjelentés
- Security guarantees must be in place before Pakistans Pashtun and other minorities return home new briefing
- Education for all a distant goal: Over half of worlds children out of school are from minorities or indigenous peoples - new global report
- Millions of European children still denied an education new global report
- Még mindig gyermekek milliói szorulnak ki a minőségi oktatásból Európában új jelentés
- Risque accru pour les minorités civiles dans les guerres contre les extrémistes islamiques - nouvel aperçu global
- Increased risk for minorities as war against terrorism spreads to Africa - new global survey
- War against Islamic extremists putting lives of civilians in Asian countries under extreme threat
- Reigniting of frozen conflicts on the brink of Europe leaves peoples endangered new global survey
- Increased risk for minority civilians in renewed wars against Islamic extremists new global survey
- Bosnian Jew and Roma to challenge ban on running for public office at Europes highest Court
- Kosovos independence leaves vacuum in international protection for minorities
- Dalits in India face attacks and intimidation in polls, fear more violence to come
- Urgent UN Security Council intervention needed on Sri Lanka.
- Plevris` acquittal signals that authorities in Greece fail to take firm action to curb racism
- Education system in Turkey ignores minorities, says new report
- Yeni bir rapor, Türkiyedeki eğitim sisteminin azınlıkları görmezden geldiğini ifade ediyor
- Humanitarian catastrophe unfolding in Sri Lanka MRG warns
- Az új klímaváltozásról szóló ENSZ csomag kizárja a legérintettebbeket
- Proceso de Naciones Unidas para llegar a un acuerdo frente al cambio climático, excluye a los mas afectados
- UN process in reaching a new climate change deal excludes those most affected
- Evicted Kenyan indigenous community demands share of tourism revenue on World Responsible Tourism Day
- Reserved seats for minorities a must before Iraq election law comes into effect
- States slow to encourage African Court, says international human rights group
- Kenya six months on: A new beginning or business as usual?
- MRG launches new online 'Trouble in Paradise' campaign calling for tourism industry to respect indigenous rights in Kenya
- MRG new report critically analyses EU's handling of minority rights in accession process
- Minority and indigenous groups - silent victims of climate change says new global report
- Spread of conflict makes Africa's peoples the most threatened in the world - new global survey
- Afghanistan and Burma top global ranking of Peoples Under Threat, Sri Lanka and Pakistan show major rises
- Greek human rights activist target of hate campaign following conviction of Holocaust denial author
- Sri Lanka's ethnic Tamils and Muslims worst affected in country's human rights crisis
- Türkiyede azınlıkların eşitlik arayışına dair yeni bir rapor
- New report on minorities' quest for equality in Turkey
- Lasting solution for Kosovo lies in protection of minority rights, says international human rights group
- Minority rights downplayed in European Commissions progress reports on South East Europe
- MRG calls for the tourism industry to respect indigenous rights on World Responsible Tourism Day
- Ahead of crucial EU report MRG warns of dramatic rise in intolerance against minorities in Turkey
- Turkish military moving into Iraq will put minorities under severe risk
- Rights groups welcome new UN forum on minorities
- Atsuko Tanaka-Fox
- Los Afro-Peruanos son los más afectados por el terremoto en Perú, pero no les esta llegando ayuda humanitaria
- Afro-Peruvians not getting vital aid despite being worst affected in Peru earthquake
- As UN marks World Indigenous Day, Minority Rights Group International warns of Trouble in Paradise
- El Legado Mixto De Los Sandinistas Para La Costa Atlántica de Nicaragua
- Sandinista's mixed legacy for Nicaragua's Atlantic Coast
- Minority Rights Group International welcomes the election of pro-Kurdish MPs in Turkey, warns much remains to be achieved
- First test on human rights for Gordon Brown - FCO appeals to Lords over Chagossians
- Sikhs appeal French government's ban on right to wear turbans at Europe's highest human rights court
- Chagos Islanders win right to return - British court rules in their favour
- China's development strategy fails to benefit critical ethnic minorities and masks repression
- Somalia tops list of countries where minorities most under threat
- African States are the most dangerous in the world for minorities, but South Africa comes top in a global list of best ethnic political representation - new report
- Situation for minorities has deteriorated fastest in Pakistan and Sri Lanka in the last year - new report
- Iraq's ignored minorities face extinction - new MRG report
- EU should halt funding to Bulgaria unless Roma concerns are met
- Chagos Islanders return to High Court for fresh appeal by Foreign and Commonwealth Office
- Roma - Europe's forgotten victims of the Holocaust
- India has failed to replicate success in Tamil Nadu to halt other ethnic conflicts
- International support needed to help Turkey's displaced people
- Turkey's Christian and other religious minorities face discrimination and rights violations
- UK Ambassador says Sudanese President must face international justice if no improvement in Darfur
- Many electoral systems across the world still exclude minorities - new MRG report
- More than a decade after the death of Ogoni activist Ken Saro-Wiwa Niger Delta's ethnic groups continue to pay the high cost of oil extraction
- Turkey human rights abuses rise amidst rising religious and nationalist extremism
- Less protection for those who change religion will deepen discrimination for India's most marginalized group, says MRG
- UN could have averted Darfur catastrophe - new MRG report
- Global 'war on terror' has become a global war on minorities
- Turkey taken to European Human Rights Court for violating right to free election
- UN troops essential but long term peace needs minority involvement
- Eighty NGOs call for new UN body to ensure minority rights
- Sri Lankan Government and Tamil Tiger rebels must make a greater commitment to safeguard minority rights
- Failure by international community to protect minorities in Kosovo could lead to renewed conflict
- Palestinian refugees trapped in Lebanon are sitting targets for Israeli bombs
- Tackle religious extremism, MRG urges Nigerian government
- MRG welcomes UN decision on Frances violation of Sikhs religious freedom
- MRG expresses condolences over the death of human rights activist Sonia Pierre
- MRG condemns campaign of disinformation and threats against Haitian Dominican rights defender
- Indonesia: Rising religious intolerance demands stronger response
- Consultations regarding safe return of lands to indigenous and Afro-Colombian communities key to success of Colombia's Victims Law, says MRG
- MRG welcomes suspension of Bolivian Amazon road but concerned by reports of violence against indigenous protesters
- MRG calls for immediate halt to imminent forced evictions of Irish Traveller families at UK's Dale Farm
- Evidence of ethnic killings in South Kordofan, Sudan. Khartoum must cease violations immediately says MRG
- MRG condemns Mumbai bombings but warns against arbitrary detentions of Muslims
- MRG expresses serious concern on humanitarian and human rights situation in South Kordofan, Sudan
- MRG strongly condemns ethnically motivated attacks on civilians in Cote d'Ivoire, calls on new administration to investigate killings
- MRG dismayed by France's decision to ban wearing of face veils in public
- UN Convention to stem coca leaf use remains deeply rooted
- MRG is participating in the European-wide Action Week against Racism
- Ugandans decide: Issues dominate the presidential campaign
- Call for film submission - African descendants in Colombia
- MRG condemns attacks on religious minorities in Indonesia
- Minorities must be included in nation-building in newly independent South Sudan, says MRG
- Pakistan blasphemy law targets minorities and should be repealed MRG
- Botswana appeal court gives Bushmen access to water in Kalahari desert
- MRG strongly condemns attacks on Christians in Egypt and Nigeria and urges African governments to address rising religious tensions
- Marking 10th Anniversary of UN resolution on women and conflict, MRG urges special attention for minority and indigenous women
- Chile must repeal anti-terror laws affecting Mapuche Indians
- Proposed Jewish loyalty oath infringes right to freedom of expression, says MRG
- MRG deplores France's decision to ban wearing of face veils
- MRG condemns the killings of three leading Colombian indigenous rights defenders during August 2010
- MRG expresses concern regarding proposed Bosnian ban on full-face veils
- MRG concerned by reports of lengthy jail sentences for Iranian Baha'í leaders
- Court's ruling rides roughshod over Basarwa right to water, says MRG
- Despite economic growth Vietnam's minorities continue to be sidelined UN expert
- Climate change forcing relocation of Panama's indigenous Kuna
- MRG welcomes long overdue ruling giving Torres Straits Islanders marine rights
- MRG calls for protection for minorities as ethnic Uzbeks flee violent attacks in Kyrgyzstan
- Targeting of Arab minorities in Israel should be stopped MRG
- MRG says minorities need protection as anti-government uprising turns into ethnic violence in Kyrgyzstan
- Many obstacles for Sudan's smaller communities ahead of key elections
- Roma Demand Change on International Roma Day
- Water In Abundance But Not Where Needed
- Chile apologizes for treatment of indigenous groups but communities call for end to systemic discrimination
- Justice and security needed for Bangladeshs indigenous Jumma people
- Violence directed at Iraqi minorities marred poll
- Pro-Roma NGOs demand resignation of Romanian Foreign Minister
- Bolivia to host alternative climate conference in April 2010
- Situation for minorities in Colombia needs to improve UN expert
- MRG concerned over Hungarian mayor insisting on his anti-Roma statements
- Parliamentary slur could lead to harassment of Greek anti-racist campaigner, says MRG
- MRG calls for fair trial for Bahá'í leaders
- Largest study yet on "untouchability" in India new report by MRG partner
- Little hope for Rohingya one year on from ordeal on Thai seas
- MRG condemns attack on Bangladeshi indigenous activist
- Photo Story: Refugees in their own land
- Discrimination still a barrier to effective political participation for minorities and indigenous peoples, says MRG on Human Rights Day
- Photo Story: How climate change is affecting communities in Nepal
- MRG 'deeply concerned' by Swiss ban on minarets
- MRG concerned over remarks made by Irish judge on Roma community
- Afro-Peruvians take their case to the UN
- Urgent action still needed to stop cycle of violence in Pakistans Swat
- Kampala returns to normalcy after days of ethnic tension
- Ethnic reconciliation should be a priority for Afghanistans new President
- Children in Gujarat, India, protest against caste-based discrimination
- MRG concerned about impact on Shia women of new law in Afghanistan
- European states regularly force Roma to return to Kosovo, where they face widespread discrimination
- Bombings against Iraqi minorities an attempt to grab territory
- ASEAN Inter-Governmental Commission on Human Rights welcomed by MRG
- Minorities and the constitution building process in Nepal
- Violence in Xinjiang rooted in decades-long discrimination
- One indigenous person murdered every 72 hours in Colombia
- Recreational Fishing in Argentina Affecting Indigenous Land Claims
- Militarization of Mexicos anti-narcotics program having negative effect on indigenous communities
- Minorities under threat as situation escalates in Swat valley
- Tackling discrimination against Muslims
- Attack on Iraqi Mandaeans condemned
- Humanitarian Crisis in Sri Lanka
- MRG at Durban review conference
- Independent Expert on Minority Issues report welcome, says MRG
- Violence could mar Iraqi elections - minorities express concern
- Baha'is arrested in Iran; one worked for Shirin Ebadi's rights organizations
- Nicaragua indigenous group finally gains title to native lands
- Education and minority rights: MRG reports back from the UN Forum on Minority Issues
- UN climate change negotiations fail indigenous peoples
- Challenging the Denial of Education Rights
- Indigenous people wants say in UN climate change process
- The present ethnic cleansing of the Minorities of Iraq- will Britain take some responsibility for a solution?
- Chagossians' struggle continues....join in
- We will fight on, vow Chagos Islanders after law lords defeat
- NGO declaration on the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities
- Colombia Supreme Court landmark ruling in favour of Afro-Colombians
- Mega-tourism determined to steamroll indigenous Garifuna rights
- Indigenous peoples' fears of displacement laid to rest
- Roma communities feel threatened more than ever before in Italy
- Whilst UK government appeals to Lords, Chagos islanders have right to return, says UN Committee
- Building trust in Kosovo
- Sikhs take French turban ban in schools to Europe's highest human rights court
- MRG-sponsored film wins place in Human Rights Watch Film Festival
- Historic indigenous gathering in Amazon voices fierce opposition to dam building project
- The Ogiek: forgotten victims of Kenya's election violence
- UN Forum on Minority Issues
- Minorities must not be left out of Burma relief efforts
- Minority rights a concern as Israel marks its 60th anniversary
- Minorities in Iraq still targeted for attacks five years after invasion
- Climate change: "a challenge but an opportunity" for the Karamajong people of North-Eastern Uganda
- Australian apology welcome but compensation vital
- Minority voices from Kenya
- International human rights monitors now ever more crucial for Sri Lanka
- MRG concerned over Kenyan violence says minorities and indigenous groups could be seriously affected
- Peru earthquake: for Afro-descendants, the slow road to recovery
- Minorities from South East Europe respond to EC progress reports
- MRG hails 'stunning legal victory' as European Court of Human Rights finds Czech Republic has discriminated against Roma children
- UN Special Rapporteur placed under house arrest in Pakistan
- MRG regional elders council in East Africa up and running
- MRG applauds adoption of UN Declaration on Indigenous Peoples
- Iraq's Yazidis still living in fear a month after targeted bombings
- MRG condemns the series of attacks against Yazidis in Iraq
- Czech Republic faces charges of discrimination against Roma children at EU court
- Death of leading human rights activist "huge loss" for Turkey
- Roma - Europes forgotten victims of the Holocaust
- Jew contests prohibition on minorities contesting Bosnian presidency
- Somalia tops list of countries where minorities most under threat
- Victory for Tasmanian Aboriginals
- Minority Rights and the Prevention of Violent Conflict
- Minority Rights Group deplores actions against local authorities providing services in languages other than Turkish
- MRG welcomes the election of pro-Kurdish MPs in Turkey, warns much remains to be achieved
- Pastoralist meeting in Ethiopia
- Chagos Islanders
- Chagos Islanders win right to return - British court rules in their favour
- Last ditch chance for EU to deal with Roma issue
- Ethnic and religious discrimination big challenge for Malaysia's minorities
- Bhatti killing pushes Pakistan closer to the brink
- Professor Kevin Boyle, MRG Chair 2007-2010
- MRG welcomes high level European meeting, but calls for greater participation of Roma
- Human Rights Council - Statement by Minority Rights Group International
- Illegal eviction of Ogiek indigenous community from ancestral home in Mau Forest, Kenya
- Sixty years on and caste discrimination continues in India
- One year after war over South Ossetia, minorities still at risk
- MRG calls on governments to respect international treaties on indigenous rights
- For all Bashir's bravado, he is marked as damaged goods
- Minorities in the new Nepal
- Stop indulging African dictators
- Little cheer in Lanka
- La violencia en Kenia no es espontánea
- An abnormal calm
- Freedom lost
- Britain's dilemma
- Britain has a moral duty to give sanctuary to Iraqis
- The partition delusion
- Uno de los más grandes logros de Nicaragua se encuentra en peligro de ser revocado
- One of Nicaragua's greatest achievements is in danger of being reversed
- Brown must act for the Chagos islanders
- Justice for Chagos
- Kosovo's hidden voices
- Time to get serious on minority rights in conflicts
- The last anchor of stability
- Behind the smiles, the reality of Tony Blair's Africa
- Could peace beget rights for Nepal's Dalits?
- Democracy's last stand
- Why tyrants and warmongers must face the music
- First Rwanda, then Darfur, and next? How we can help to end these horrors
- Scandalous, high-handed... and a disgrace to Britain
- 'In 20 years, there will be no more Christians in Iraq'
- Iraq's minorities face terrible choice
- In Nicaragua, an historic - and unlikely - alliance for peace
- Last chance for Kosovo
- Global War on Minorities
- Britain is failing Sri Lanka's Muslims
- What the obituaries overlooked about Gerald Ford
- Response to NYT Editorial on Kosovo
- Response to NYT Editorial on Bosnia
- Europe's apartheid
- Notes from... China via NYC
- MRG begins letter-writing campaign for women in Darfur suffering rape
- Our meddling is accelerating this descent into civil war
- Notes from... Sarajevo
- Rwanda's forgotten people
- Notes from... Iraq
- Notes from... India
- Dĺ fick vi upp ögonen för religionen i politiken
- Congolese Pygmies struggle to integrate
- Foreign ministry says human, minority rights should prevail in widest possible sphere
- Dominicans and Haitians act against discrimination
- MRGs latest report weighs in on the worlds Muslims
- Rights for minority women fail to improve
- Will minority newspapers survive?
- New reports of human rights violations highlight situation of Irans Bahais
- After Independence, South Sudan must now put its house in order
- Crimean Tatars: MRG Condemns Lack of Representation and Rights
- Injustice, Race and Gender: Violence Against Migrant Women Won't End After DSK Case
- Mbororo, współcześni nomadzi
- Etnik Azınlıklardaki Kadınlar Yüksek Düzeyde Şiddete Maruz
- eny z meninových a domorodých skupín sú zámerne znásilňované
- Las mujeres de grupos minoritarios sufren más violaciones sexuales
- Minority Women Fight Back Against Mistreatment
- Afghanistan's women are at the sharp end of war
- Libya Intervention Today, Sudan Tomorrow?
- Europas oberörbara
- Cheers turn to tears for Endorois waiting for land
- Ethnic tensions could increase violence in S. Sudan says rights group
- Ethnic exclusion risks more violence in S. Sudan - report
- In Central Asia, Russian wave ebbs away
- Oorlog in Afghanistan vraagt steeds meer burgerslachtoffers
- Armed Conflicts Claim Unprecedented Number of Civilians
- The Carnage Continues in Afghanistan
- I EU-kommissionens nya program saknas det tydliga riktlinjer för bekämpning av fientlighet och diskriminering av romerna i Europa. Det skriver Mirella Pejcic.
- Endorois decision on indigenous peoples rights informs high level regional meeting in Africa
- Government Policies, Rivalries Negatively Affect Minority Rights in Africa
- Afganistán es el país más propicio a matanzas en comunidades locales
- Threat to Afghans high despite bin Laden death
- ČSÚ plays down census disputes
- Will terror profiling of Muslims decline after Aseemanands confession
- Europe-wide action week against racism
- Human rights groups renew support for Iran's seven imprisoned Baha'i leaders
- Concerns raised over situation of minorities in Middle East and North Africa
- Human Rights Group Condemns Attacks on Indigenous Ogiek Activists
- Minority Rights Group Condemns Targeted Attacks on Ogiek Activists
- Irans minorities forgotten victims as government repression intensifies new briefing
- Report Highlights Minority Rights in Iran
- Sri Lanka timeline
- Africa Views - Kenya: Maasai women say theyll combat discrimination, but it will take time
- Minorities must be included in nation-building in newly independent South Sudan, says MRG
- Pakistan blasphemy law targets minorities and should be repealed - MRG
- Botswana appeal court gives Bushmen access to water in Kalahari desert
- Guardian Focus Podcast: Land grabs in Africa
- Sri Lanka: minoranza Tamil discriminata
- Rising ethnic nationalism in Sri Lanka targets minorities for abuse
- Sri Lanka's war-scarred minorities living 'in fear' - rights group
- A intolerância religiosa é o novo racismo
- Der Mythos des liberalen Interventionismus
- Ändra synen pĺ irakiska minoriteter
- Somali minorities raped and tortured, report
- Report Finds Widespread Abuse of Minorities in Somalia
- Somalia's forgotten minorities seek recognition
- Report Finds Widespread Abuse of Minorities in Somalia
- Somali peacekeepers apologise for civilian deaths
- Pulling the Plug on Violent Propaganda
- For Iraqi Christians, US surge didn't bring peace, security
- Iraq TV station taken off air after deadly church raid
- Gender-blindness and conditionality cast shadow over record World Bank lending
- Alarm over Europes lurch to the Right
- U.N. Chief Looks Beyond 2015 Deadline
- Marad a megosztottság Boszniában
- DRC: Displacement and discrimination the lot of the Bambuti Pygmies
- French Immigration Minister Says Roma Deportations to Continue
- Crecen tensión y ataques en el mundo en el nombre de Dios
- France Begins Roma Expulsions
- Den nye rasismen
- Poverty Stays Despite High Budget on Fight
- Protection Of Human Rights Of The Citizens, Including Minorities
- Justice doit ętre rendue pour le meurtre d'un défenseur des droits humains
- Report: Religious Intolerance Grows Worldwide
- Ny dyster rapport frĺn Minority Rights Group International visar hur bristande religionsfrihet leder till ökad marginalisering
- Dutch religious intolerance mirrored in Europe
- La intolerancia religiosa se convierte en motivo de persecución de minorías
- Religious intolerance 'the new racism'
- Religious intolerance on rise in South Asia: Report
- Challenge impunity in Myanmar
- Pakistan: "The river has been stolen from us"
- Rückkehr ins Ungewisse
- Iraq third on list of failing to protect citizens from abuse
- SOUDAN-SOMALIE: Dangereux pour les minorités
- SUDAN-SOMALIA: Dangerous for minorities
- Minderheden in Rusland zwaarder onderdrukt
- மனித உரிமை மீறல்கள் நடந்த நாடுகளின் பட்டியலில் இலங்கை
- Raport MRG o konflikcie na Kaukazie Północnym
- Rising threats to minorities in Sudan, Russia, Philippines
- Crecen amenazas a minorías en Sudán, Rusia y Filipinas
- Risk of mass civilian deaths in Russia jumps: study
- Правозащитники боятся новых жертв на Кавказе РФ
- The saviour of Sarajevo barred for being a Jew
- Kenya: From non-beneficiaries to active stakeholders - the Endorois
- Indigenous rights ruling could have big impact on land disputes
- BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA: Court says Bosnian constitution discriminatory
- SRI LANKA - Farah Mihlar: A welcome step, but crisis of displaced people is far from over
- Drought threatens women and girls in East Africa
- Pakistan's Pashtun could embrace militants - report
- Christelijke scholen Pakistan drie dagen dicht
- European states regularly force Roma to return to Kosovo, where they face widespread discrimination
- E Roma kokore irinena andi vedsko ko Kosovo
- Miljoenen kinderen ontberen les in eigen taal
- Report finds minority and indigenous children disproportionately excluded from school
- The flight of Kosovo's minorities
- Kosovo driving out non-Serb minorities report
- Turkey disregards minority rights in schools
- Massacre in the Sri Lanka 'safe zone'
- RIGHTS: Muslims Under Scrutiny Despite Waning of 'Terror War'
- 'War on terror' used to target minorities report
- Indigenous people must be included in climate change talks, say campaigners
- Indigenous people demand voice in climate talks
- Climate Change: Talks Could Learn From Indigenous Groups
- Open U.N. climate talks to indigenous groups - report
- MRG's Snjezana Bokulic on Slovak National Public Radio on the outcomes of November's meeting between the Prime Ministers of Hungary and Slovakia.
- Minority Rights Group International: Bixęrhatina Zoroaster News ę KIR
- What is World Responsible Tourism Day?
- Comunidad indígena keniana expulsada reclama su parte de los beneficios
- Acht Länder zur Ratifizierung der Minderheitenkonvention aufgerufen
- In the climate change debate, indigenous peoples are not being heard
- Le Kenya hésite ŕ apaiser de profondes tensions ethniques
- UK lobby faults IDPs resettlement
- UN Declaration on Rights of Indigenous Peoples is a human rights milestone
- Displaced Iraqis shouldn't be made to return
- 'No blacks, no dogs, no Gypsies'
- Sikhs Take French Turban Ban in Schools to the European Human Rights Court
- Minorities must not be left out of Burma relief efforts
- Tribus indígenas son las más afectadas por el cambio climático, advierte ONG
- Les minorités sont les premičres victimes du réchauffement climatique
- Climate change 'hits minorities hardest'
- 'Contagious' wars puts minorities at risk
- Pakistan is among top 10 countries with persecuted minorities
- África es el continente donde las minorías étnicas y religiosas están más amenazadas
- Rights activist harassed, threatened with death, after testifying in trial of Holocaust denier
- SRI LANKA: Full-Scale War Threatens Civilian Lives
- Sri Lankan government wins fight for survival, declares victory in crucial budget vote
- New report on minorities' efforts for equality in Turkey
- World Responsible Tourism Day
- Kosovo threatens to be flashpoint again
- Court rules on Roma 'segregation'
- Queen Should Apologise for Slave Trade
- Chaldean Patriarch Seeks Ties to Muslims
- Must the rainbow turn monochrome in parliament?
- Turkey haunted by Ottoman deed of a century ago
- Black population worst affected in Peru earthquake denied humanitarian relief
- Minority Religions Under Attack in Iraq
- Costa Caribe con mucho rezago
- Somalia tops list of countries where minorities most under threat
- Iraq's minorities 'face violence'
- Bosnia urged to open presidency slate
- Aborigines must wait to free souls in torment
- Roma Children Condemned to Second-Rate Education, Court Told
- Standing up to iron fists with bare hands; Courage in the line of fire
- China: Four Tibet activists held at Mt. Everest base camp
- The emperor has spoken
- Sikhs to appeal against French govt's turban-ban
- Protect rights of minorities to avoid conflict, NGO urges
- Iraq: Minorities Suffer Persecution
- A democratic Kosovo must protect all minorities
- Kosovo Serbs boycott talks (radio clip)
Publications
- Land, livelihoods and identities: Inter-community conflicts in East Africa
- Iraqs Minorities: Participation in Public Life
- Minority rights: Solutions to the Cyprus conflict
- Still Targeted: Continued Persecution of Iraq's Minorities (Arabic edition)
- No war, no peace: the denial of minority rights and justice in Sri Lanka
- EU Financial Assistance to the Western Balkans: a minority-focused review of CARDS and IPA
- Daawo La'aanta: Beelaha laga tirada Badan yahay Soomaaliya ee La Illaawey
- No redress: Somalia's forgotten minorities
- Land Rights and Minorities
- Educational Rights and Minorities
- Refugees in Europe: The Hostile New Agenda
- The Maya of Guatemala
- Sudan: Conflict and Minorities
- Romania's Ethnic Hungarians
- Inequalities in Zimbabwe
- Aboriginal Australians
- Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers: failing minorities and indigenous peoples
- The Armenians
- Migrant Workers in the Gulf
- Nomads of the Sahel
- The Palestinians
- The Kurds
- Eritrea: Towards Unity in Diversity
- War: The Impact on Minority and Indigenous Children
- Cyprus: In Search of Peace
- Female Genital Mutilation: Proposals for Change
- The Sahrawis of Western Sahara
- Women in Sub-Saharan Africa
- Still Targeted: Continued Persecution of Iraq's Minorities
- Uncertain Refuge, Dangerous Return: Iraq's Uprooted Minorities
- Filling the Vacuum: Ensuring Protection and Legal Remedies for Minorities in Kosovo
- Unutmak mı Asimilasyon mu? Türkiyenin Eğitim Sisteminde Azınlıklar
- Forgotten or Assimilated? Minorities in the Education System of Turkey
- A Double Bind: The Exclusion of Pastoralist Women in the East and Horn of Africa
- Le droit dapprendre : Éducation des Batwa dans la région des Grands Lacs dAfrique
- The Right to Learn: Batwa Education in the Great Lakes Region of Africa
- African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights: Ten years on and still no justice
- Pushing for Change? South East Europe's Minorities in the EU Progress Reports
- China: Minority Exclusion, Marginalization and Rising Tensions (Chinese edition)
- Bir eşitlik arayışı: Türkiyede azınlıklar
- A Quest for Equality: Minorities in Turkey
- The Pacific: Nuclear Testing and Minorities
- The Chinese of South-East Asia
- Central Asia: Conflict or Stability and Development?
- The North Caucasus: Minorities at a Crossroads
- Minorities in Cambodia
- Afro-Central Americans: Rediscovering the African Heritage
- Afghanistan: A Nation of Minorities
- The Adivasis of India
- Lebanon: A Conflict of Minorities
- The Chinese of South-East Asia
- Assimilation, Exodus, Eradication: Iraq's minority communities since 2003
- Assimilation, Exodus, Eradication: Iraq's minority communities since 2003 (Arabic edition)
- Droits des Minorités : Clé pour la Prévention des Conflits
- Minority Rights: The Key to Conflict Prevention
- China: Minority Exclusion, Marginalization and Rising Tensions
- Protection et participation des minorités et systčmes électoraux
- Electoral systems and the protection and participation of minorities
- Minority Rights in Kosovo under International Rule
- Preventing Genocide and Mass Killing: The Challenge for the United Nations
- Twa Women, Twa Rights in the Great Lakes Region of Africa
- Femmes twas et droits des Twas dans la région africaine des Grands Lacs
- Burundi: Prospects for Peace
- Minorities in Independent Namibia
- Les Pygmées Batwa de la région des Grands Lacs
- Batwa Pygmies of the Great Lakes Region
- Pastoralism on the Margin
- Ethiopia: A New Start?
- Kenya: Minorities, Indigenous Peoples and Ethnic Diversity
- Ť Effacer le tableau ť Rapport de la mission internationale de recherche sur les crimes commis, en violation du droit international, contre les Pygmées bambuti dans lest de la République démocratique du Congo
- 'Erasing the Board': Report of the international research mission into crimes under international law committed against the Bambuti Pygmies in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
- Les droits fonciers et les minorités
- Uganda: The Marginalization of Minorities
- Afro-Brazilians: Time for Recognition
- Migration in the Caribbean: Haiti, the Dominican Republic and Beyond
- Religious Minorities and China
- Religious Minorities in Pakistan
- Diego Garcia: a contrast to the Falklands
- Good Governance and Indigenous Peoples in Asia
- Aceh: Then and Now
- Intellectual and Cultural Property Rights of Indigenous and Tribal Peoples in Asia
- Indonesia: Regional Conflicts and State Terror
- Burma (Myanmar): Time for Change
- Afghanistan: Minorities, Conflict and the Search for Peace
- Traditional Customary Laws and Indigenous Peoples in Asia
- Muslim Women in India
- Muslims in Britain
- Minority Rights in Yugoslavia
- Roma/Gypsies: A European Minority
- The South Caucasus: Nationalism, Conflict and Minorities
- Minorities in Croatia
- Minorités, peuples autochtones et sexospécificité
- Gender, Minorities and Indigenous Peoples
- Combating Racial Discrimination: The UN and its Member States
- Preventing Genocide and Mass Killing: The Challenge for the United Nations
- Public Participation and Minorities
- The Copts of Egypt
- Building Democracy in Iraq
Law
- Inter-American Convention on Support Obligations, article 4
- American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man, Articles III and XXIII, (Approved by the Ninth International Conference of American States, Bogotá, Colombia, 1948)
- Additional Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights in the area of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights "Protocol of San Salvador", Article 3 and 13
- American Convention on Human Rights (ACHR), Articles 1, 12, 13, 16, 22 and 27
- African Charter on the Rights and welfare of the child, Preamble, Articles 1, 3, 9, 11, 25 and 26
- African Charter on Human and People's Rights (ACHPR), Preamble, 2, 8 and 12
- Vienna Concluding Document, 1989, Principles: Articles 11, 13.7, 16, 17, 19, Co-operation in Humanitarian and Other Fields: Articles 20, 32, 59, 63 and 68
- The Helsinki Final Act, 1975, Section VII and subsection on Co-operation in Humanitarian and Other Fields
- Charter of fundamental rights of the European Union, (2000/C 364/01), articles 10.1, 14.3, 21.1 and 22
- Additional Protocol to the Convention on cybercrime, concerning the criminalisation of acts of a racist and xenophobic nature committed through computer systems, Articles 2.1, 4.1, 5.1 and 6
- Protocol No. 12 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
- European Social Charter (revised), 1996, Part V Article E, and Appendix Articles 21.4 and 24.3 (d)
- Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities, Preamble §7, Articles 5.1, 6.1 & 6.2, 7, 8, 12 and 17.1
- European Social Charter, Preamble §3
- Protocol to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, as amended by Protocol No. 11, Paris, 20.III.1952, Article 2
- European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) Article 9 and 14
- Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and Relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts (Protocol II), Articles 2.1, 4.1, 4.3 (a), 5.1 (d), 9.1 and 12
- Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts (Protocol 1), Articles 8 (d), (f) and (l), 9.1, 15.5, 18.1 and 18.3
- Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War (2nd part), Articles, 3.1, 13, 17, 23, 24, 27, 38.3, 45, 50, 58, 86, 93, 130, 142
- Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War, Articles 3.1, 16 and 33-37
- Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, Articles, 6, 7.1 (h), 8.2.b (ix), 8.2.e (iv) and 21.3
- Statute of the International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991 (International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia)
- Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, General Assembly resolution 260 A (III), Article II
- Declaration on the Human Rights of Individuals Who are not Nationals of the Country in which They Live, GA resolution 40/144, Preamble §§ 1,2 and 4, Articles 5.1 (e) and 7
- Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, Articles 1A (2), 3,4 and 33.1
- Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons, Articles 3 and 4
- Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness, Article 9
- Employment Policy Convention, (ILO Convention No. 122), Article 1.2 (c)
- Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS, General Assembly resolution S-26/2, Articles 20 and 63
- Declaration on the Right and Responsibility of Individuals, Groups and Organs of Society to Promote and Protect Universally Recognized Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, GA resolution 53/144,Article 16
- Principles relating to the Status of National Institutions (The Paris Principles), GA resolution 48/134, Part II 1 (b)
- Universal Declaration on the Human Genome and Human Rights, (UNESCO), endorsed by General Assembly resolution 53/152. Article 21
- Declaration on the Use of Scientific and Technological Progress in the Interests of Peace and for the Benefit of Mankind, General Assembly resolution 3384 (XXX), Article 7
- Guidelines on the Role of Prosecutors, Articles 2 (a) and 13 (a)
- Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers, Articles 2 and 10
- Basic Principles on the Independence of the Judiciary, GA resolution 40/32, Article 10
- United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for Non-custodial Measures (The Tokyo Rules), GA resolution 45/110, Articles 2.2 and 15.1
- United Nations Rules for the Protection of Juveniles Deprived of their Liberty, GA resolution 45/113, Articles 4, 7, 48
- Body of Principles for the Protection of All Persons under Any Form of Detention or Imprisonment, GA resolution 43/173, Principle 5
- Basic Principles for the Treatment of Prisoners, GA resolution 45/111, Articles 2, 3
- Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners, Articles 6.1, 6.2, 41.1, 41.2, 41.3, 42, 66.1, 77.1
- Standard Rules on the Equalization of Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities, GA Resolution 48/96, Rule 12
- Principles for the protection of persons with mental illness and the improvement of mental health care, GA Resolution 46/119, Principle 4.2, 4.3, 13.1 (d)
- Declaration on the Rights of Disabled Persons, Proclaimed by GA resolution 3447 (XXX) of 9 December 1975, Article 2
- Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women, GA Resolution 48/104 of 20 December 1993, Article 4
- Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief, General Assembly Resolution 36/55 of 25 November 1981
- UNESCO Convention against Discrimination in Education, Article 1.1, 2 (b), 5.1 (a) (b)
- UNESCO Declaration on Race and Racial Prejudice, Preamble §2 and 5, Article 3
- Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention (ILO Convention No. 111) Article 1 (a)
- Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities , Preamble, Articles 1.1, 2.1, 2.2, 2.5 and 4.2
- Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention (ILO Convention No. 169) §5 and Article 5 (a)
- Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, Preamble § 2
- United Nations Millennium Declaration, Article 4
- Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, Preamble §5, I.5, I.19, I.30, I33, II B1.22, II B2.25, 26, 27, II B3.38
- International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (MWC) Articles 1.1, 7, 12.1-4, 13.3 (d)
- United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities (UDNM)
- General comment 1 on CRC Article 29.1
- Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) Preamble, Article 2.1-2, 14.1-3, 20.3, 29.1 (d) 30
- International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD) Preamble, Article 5 (a-d)
- International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, (ICESCR) Articles 2.2, 13.1 and 13.3
- General Comment 23 on Article 27, paragraphs 5.1, 5.2, 5.3 and 6.2
- General comment 18 on non-discrimination
- CCPR General Comment 22: 30/07/93 on ICCPR Article 18
- The International Covenant of Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) Articles 2.1, 4.1-2 18, 20.1-2, 24.1, 26 and 27
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)
- African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights, Article 14, 21
- American Convention on Human Rights, Article 21
- American Declaration on the Rights and Duties of Man, Article XXIII
- Proposed American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Paragraph 5, Article XVIII
- [European] Convention for Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, Protocol 1, Article 1
- UN Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement, Principles 6,7, 21
- World Bank Operational Directive 4.20, Paragraph 2
- ICESCR, General Comment 7, The Right to Adequate Housing; Forced Evictions
- ICCPR, General Comment 27, Freedom of Movement, Paragraph 4
- ICESCR, General Comment IV, Right to Adequate Housing
- CERD General Recommendation XXVII, on Roma, Paragraphs 30-32
- Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, General Recommendation XXIII, on Indigenous Peoples, Paragraph 5
- ILO Convention No. 107 on the Protection and Integration of Indigenous and other Tribal and Semi-Tribal Populations in Independent Countries (Articles 11-14)
- International Labour Organization Convention No. 169 on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples, Part II/Articles 13-19
- Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Introduction, Article 10, 25-28, 30
- Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious or Linguistic Minorities, Article 1
- International Covenant on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, Article 5(d)(v)
- International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Common Article 1
- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Common Article 1, Article 12
- Universal Declaration on Human Rights, Article 17
- African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, Articles 3, 17 and 25
- African [Banjul] Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights, Article 2
- American Convention on Human Rights "Pact Of San Jose, Costa Rica" Articles 1, 8.1, 8.2(A), 13.5, 23 And 27.1
- Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities, Articles 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 14
- European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages, Articles 1-14
- European Social Charter (revised), Articles 19.11 and 12 and Part V Article E
- European Convention for the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms, Articles 5.2, 6.3(a) and (e) and 14
- UNESCO Declaration on Fundamental Principles concerning the Contribution to the Mass Media to Strengthening Peace and International Understanding, to the Promotion of Human Rights and to Countering Racialism, Apartheid and Incitement to War, Article 3
- Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Articles 14, 15 & 17
- ILO Convention concerning Indigenous and Tribal Peoples in Independent Countries (169)
- UNESCO Convention Against Discrimination in Education, Articles 1, 2(b) and 5.1(c)
- MWC Articles 1.1, 7, 16.5 & 8, 18.3(a) & (f), 22.1, 2 & 3, 33 and 45.2
- United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities (UDNM)
- General comment 1 on CRC Article 29.1
- Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), Articles 2.1, 8, 13, 17, 29.1 (c) & (d), 30 and 40.1, 40.2 (b) (ii) & (vi)
- International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR), Article 2.2
- General Comment 23 on Article 27, paragraphs 5.1, 5.2, 5.3 and 6.2
- General comment 18 on non-discrimination
- General comment 13 on ICCPR Article 14, paragraphs 8 and 13
- General comment 3 on ICCPR Article 2, paragraphs 1 and 2
- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), Articles 2.1, 14.3 (a) & (f), 19.2 & 3, 24.1, 26 and 27
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), Article 2
- Additional Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights in the Area of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, "Protocol of San Salvador", Article 13(2)
- American Convention on Human Rights, Article 23 - Non-Derogable Under the American Convention
- African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights, Article 13 and 17(2)
- The Lund Recommendations on the Effective Participation of National Minorities in Public Life (OSCE)
- Copenhagen Document (Para 35) (OSCE)
- Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities, Articles 15 and 16 (Council of Europe)
- Explanatory Report To Protocol No. 12 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (Council of Europe)
- Protocol No. 12 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, Article 1 (Council of Europe)
- European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, Article 14 (Council of Europe)
- Convention (No. 169) concerning Indigenous and Tribal Peoples in Independent Countries, Articles 4, 6, 7, 14 and 17.
- CERD General Recommendation XXIII on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Paragraph 4(d)
- ICERD (Article 5(C))
- Implementation of Article 13 (1) - ICESCR General Comment 13
- International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (Article 13(1))
- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (Article 25)
- Declaration on the Right to Development (Article 1(1) and Article 2(1))
- Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action (see Articles 27, 31 and 67 (Part II))
- Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities (Articles 1, 2 and 4)
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Article 21)
- Organization of American States Charter (Article 3)
- Additional Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights in the Area of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, "Protocol of San Salvador" (Article 3)
- Protocol on the Rights of Women in Africa, adopted by the African Union on 11 July 2003 (Article 1, Article 2)
- African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights (Article 2, Article 3, Article 12, Article 13, Article 18, Article 19)
- EC Treaty: article 13
- Article 23: Equality between men and women
- EC Treaty: Article 141
- EC Treaty: Article 39
- EC Treaty
- Article 21: Non-discrimination
- Article 20: Equality before the law
- Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union
- Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (Article 1, Article 16)
- UNESCO Convention against Discrimination in Education
- International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrants Workers and Members of their Families (adopted by the UN General Assembly on 18 December 1990 and entered into force on 1 July 2003), (Part II, Article 7)
- ILO Convention concerning Indigenous and Tribal Peoples in Independent Countries, No. 169, 1989 (Article 2 (2) (a), Article 3 (1), Article 20 (2), Article 24, Article 26, Article 29)
- ILO Recommendation concerning Equal Remuneration for Men and Women Workers for Work of Equal Value (No. 90), 1951
- ILO Equal Remuneration Convention, No. 100, 1951
- ILO Recommendation concerning Discrimination in Respect of Employment and Occupation, No. 111, 1958
- ILO Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, No. 111, 1958 (Article 1, Article 2, Article 5)
- Discrimination Employment and Occupation
- Convention on the Rights of the Child (Article 2, Article 30)
- Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (Article 1, Article 2, Article 3, Article 4)
- International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (Article 1, Article 2, Article 5)
- International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (Article 2, Article 3)
- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (Article 2, Article 3, Article 26)
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