June 2021 | MRG – Minority Rights Group International
Afghanistan, Algeria, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, China, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Iraq, Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar, Rwanda, Serbia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sweden, Uganda, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States of America
Report on issues regarding minority and indigenous groups in 2021 with a focus on COVID-19
Minority and Indigenous Trends 2021; Focus on Covid-19 (Periodical Report, English)
12 March 2021 | AI – Amnesty International (Author), ARTICLE 19 (Author), CRIN – Child Rights Information Network (Author), CPJ – Committee to Protect Journalists (Author), Freedom from Torture (formerly: Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture) (Author), HRW – Human Rights Watch (Author), CHRI – Center for Human Rights in Iran (formerly: International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran) (Author), ICJ – International Commission of Jurists (Author), ILGA – International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (Author), IHRDC – Iran Human Rights Documentation Center (Author), MRG – Minority Rights Group International (Author), OMCT – World Organisation Against Torture (Author), ABC - Abdorrahman Boroumand Centerfor Human Rights in Iran; et al. (Author)
Iran
Joint NGO statement to member states of the UN Human Rights Council on the deteriorating human rights situation and the resulting need for renewal of the mandate of the UN Social Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran (death penalty; violation of fair trial rights; torture, other topics)
To: Member states of the United Nations Human Rights Council [MDE 13/3834/2021] (Appeal or News Release, English)
March 2021 | MRG – Minority Rights Group International
Serbia
Report on discrimination against Roma
Roma in the Republic of Serbia: The Challenges of Discrimination (Special or Analytical Report, English)
3 February 2021 | AI – Amnesty International (Author), ARTICLE 19 (Author), GfbV – Gesellschaft für Bedrohte Völker (Author), HRW – Human Rights Watch (Author), CHRI – Center for Human Rights in Iran (formerly: International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran) (Author), IHRDC – Iran Human Rights Documentation Center (Author), MRG – Minority Rights Group International (Author), Abdorrahman Boroumand Center for Human Rights in Iran; et al. (Author)
Iran
Joint NGO statement on series of arbitrary arrests, incommunicado detention and enforced disappearances targeting members of the Kurdish minority in the provinces of Alborz, Kermanshah, Kordestan, Tehran and West Azerbaijan
Urgent International Action Needed to Secure Release of Kurdish Activists and Others Arbitrarily Detained in Iran [MDE 13/3624/2021] (Appeal or News Release, English)
November 2020 | The South Asia Collective (Author), published by MRG – Minority Rights Group International
Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Report on the situation of minorities and civil society
South Asia State of Minorities Report 2020; Minorities and Shrinking Civil Spaces (Periodical Report, English)
October 2020 | MRG – Minority Rights Group International
Belgium, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Cameroon, China, Congo, Democratic Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, India, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kenya, Lebanon, Nepal, Norway, Pakistan, Tanzania, United Republic, United States of America
Report on migration and displacement issues regarding minority and indigenous groups in 2020 with a focus on technology
Minority and Indigenous Trends 2020; Focus on technology (Periodical Report, English)
9 September 2020 | AI – Amnesty International (Author), ARTICLE 19 (Author), CSW – Christian Solidarity Worldwide (Author), Freedom House (Author), Human Rights First (formerly Lawyers Committee for Human Rights) (Author), HRIC – Human Rights in China (Author), HRW – Human Rights Watch (Author), FIDH – International Federation for Human Rights (Author), MRG – Minority Rights Group International (Author), RSF – Reporters Sans Frontières (Author), 21Wilberforce; et al. (Author)
China
Joint NGO statement calling for establishment of a human rights monitoring mechanism in light of mass human rights violations committed in Hong Kong, Tibet and Xinjiang province
Global call for international human rights monitoring mechanisms on China [ASA 17/3026/2020] (Appeal or News Release, English)
10 July 2020 | AI – Amnesty International (Author), HRW – Human Rights Watch (Author), MRG – Minority Rights Group International (Author), FORUM - ASIA; Franciscans International; IMADR - International Movement against all Forms of Discrimination and Racism; ISHR - International Service for Human Rights (Author)
Sri Lanka
Joint NGO Statement to the UN Human Rights Council military surveillance of NGOs and questioning of their members by different government authorities
Joint Oral Statement: 44th session of the Human Rights Council; Item 3: Interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the rights of freedom of peaceful assembly and of association [ASA 37/2716/2020] (Appeal or News Release, English)
26 June 2020 | MRG – Minority Rights Group International
Iran
Report on national security laws and human rights violations
In the Name of Security; Human rights violations under Iran’s national security laws (Special or Analytical Report, English)
16 June 2020 | AI – Amnesty International (Author), ARTICLE 19 (Author), CRIN – Child Rights Information Network (Author), CPJ – Committee to Protect Journalists (Author), Freedom from Torture (formerly: Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture) (Author), HRW – Human Rights Watch (Author), FIDH – International Federation for Human Rights (Author), MRG – Minority Rights Group International (Author), OMCT – World Organisation Against Torture (Author), CSHR - Centre for Supporters of Human Rights; et al. (Author)
Iran
Joint NGO statement calling for the renewal of the mandate of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights in Iran due to persisting and widespread systemic human rights violations (restrictive laws; blocking of human rights monitoring; other topics)
To: Member states of the United Nations Human Rights Council [MDE 13/2532/2020] (Appeal or News Release, English)
