Rights-based approaches
- Resolving conflicts using traditional mechanisms in the Karamoja and Teso regions of Uganda
- C. Chapman (ed);A. Kagaha (ed) / Minority Rights Group International , 2009
- This paper details conflict resolution using traditional community based systems, such as elders’ arbitration councils in the Karamoja and Teso regions of northeast Uganda. It ...
- Protecting the rights of minorities in Africa: a guide for human rights activists and civil society organisations
- I. Kane / Minority Rights Group International , 2008
- The African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights and the subsequent African human rights treaties do not consider minorities as a legal category recognised in African human rights law. This guid...
- Trouble in paradise: tourism and indigenous land rights - together towards ethical solutions
- Minority Rights Group International , 2007
- Ecotourism has been heralded as a means to promote economic development while protecting wildlife regions. However, there has been minimal examination of its effect on indigenous people. This ...
- State of the worlds minorities 2007: events of 2006
- R. Green (Comissioning Editor) / Minority Rights Group International , 2007
- This second annual edition of the State of the World’s Minorities looks at the key developments over 2006 affecting the human rights and security of ethnic, religious or linguistic minorities...
- Minority rights: the key to conflict prevention
- C. Baldwin;C. Chapman;Z. Grey / Minority Rights Group International , 2007
- Minority issues lie at the heart of many violent conflicts, yet their importance is often overlooked within international efforts at conflict prevention. This paper discusses the is...
- Electoral systems and the protection and participation of minorities
- A. Reynolds / Minority Rights Group International , 2006
- This document examines and evaluates the level of minority inclusion in electoral systems in different conflict situations worldwide. It specifically focuses on how the participation of minori...
- China: minority exclusion, marginalization and rising tensions
- W. Lam;B. Ling;C. Wang;S. Hom / Minority Rights Group International , 2007
- This report critically examines Hu Jintao’s ‘harmonious society’ in China. In addition to journalists and Human Rights activists, the report is aimed at those in international gov...
- Minority rights, early warning and conflict prevention: lessons from Darfur
- S. Srinivasan / Minority Rights Group International , 2006
- This study attempts to learn from the Darfur conflict and to provide insights as to how better incorporation of minority rights can strengthen the work of institutions mandated with conflict early war...
- Aceh: then and now
- L. McCulloch / Minority Rights Group International , 2005
- With a particular focus on changes since the 2004 tsunami, this report explores the issue of external intervention in Indonesia, particularly in the province of Aceh. It shows how the tsunami has open...
- The Millennium Development Goals: helping or harming minorities?
- Minority Rights Group International , 2005
- This brief assesses the impact of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) on minority groups. The brief argues that current strategies towards achieving the MDGs could increase existing inequalities a...
