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Minority Rights Group International (MRG) is an international human rights organisation founded with the objective of working to secure rights for ethnic, national, religious and linguistic minorities and indigenous peoples around the world. Their headquarters are in London, with offices in Budapest and Kampala. MRG has an international governing Council that meets twice a year. MRG has consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and observer status with the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights. The organisation was set up in the 1960s by a group of activists and academics "who feel a special concern that the rights of minorities to preserve and develop their cultural integrity are being infringed in many countries ... the MRG has been established to protect the rights of minorities to co-exist with majorities, by objective study and consistent international public exposure of violations of fundamental rights as defined by the UN Charter".〔Founding statement of aims, Minority Rights Group〕 Its first director was David Astor, editor and proprietor of The Observer newspaper at the time. MRG raises funds for its work from individuals, trusts and foundations, governments, and the European Union. All of MRG's (publications ), (films ) and databases are available for free from the website but the organisation does encourage anyone using them to (make a donation ) to support the work of the organisation for future research, advocacy and support to partners. ==MRG's work== MRG works with around 150 partner organisations around the world, providing education and training to help them secure their rights in society. It lobbies governments and the United Nations alongside and behalf of minorities. MRG publishes reports used by activists worldwide to educate their communities, highlight issues in the media and put pressure on governments to create better conditions for minorities and indigenous peoples. MRG’s publications are aimed to be used as campaigning documents that expose the current situation minorities and indigenous peoples live in, give historical context and offer strong recommendations for change. MRG also produces a regularly updated online resource, the (World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples ), which provides profiles of minority communities in every country of the world. It also publishes an annual report, the (State of the World's Minorities and Indigenous Peoples ), and an annual index, (Peoples Under Threat ), which ranks countries according to the degree of physical danger facing communities. Legal cases taken up by MRG are done in view of promoting and protecting minority rights, strengthening the rule of law and contributing to conflict prevention around the world. Some key legal cases MRG has fought include challenging (discrimination in the electoral system in Bosnia ), as well as (the right of Sikhs to wear turbans in France ) when having passport photos taken or at school. Other international cases MRG have supported include the (Chagos Islanders against the UK government ), (the Endorois of Kenya in their claim to ancestral land rights ) and (Sikhs in India ). MRG supports cases by way of submitting briefs that expand areas of law that may be unfamiliar to the judiciary such as in the case of (segregation in education in the Czech Republic ), to producing (publications ) in support of a case. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Minority Rights Group International」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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