# MINORITY RIGHTS GROUP

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 282305
- **Other names:** MINORITY RIGHTS GROUP INTERNATIONAL
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [01544957](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01544957)
- **Registered:** May 11, 1981
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=282305


## Contact

- **Address:** 3rd Floor, 54 Commercial Street, London, United Kingdom
- **Postcode:** E1 6LT
- **Phone:** 020 7422 4203
- **Email:** minority.rights@minorityrights.org
- **Website:** www.minorityrights.org



## Activities

**Objects:** 3.1 TO PROVIDE AN ORGANISATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC OF STUDIES IN PUBLIC, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL SCIENCE AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL SUBJECTS AND FOR THE PROMOTION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC OF EDUCATION AND DISSEMINATION OF KNOWLEDGE IN SUCH SCIENCES AND SUBJECTS.3.2 THE PREVENTION AND/OR RELIEF OF POVERTY.TO PROMOTE HUMAN RIGHTS (AS SET OUT IN THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND SUBSEQUENT UNITED NATIONS CONVENTIONS AND DECLARATIONS) THROUGHOUT THE WORLD BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:• MONITORING ABUSES OF HUMAN RIGHTS.• RELIEVING NEED AMONG THE VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE.• RESEARCH INTO HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES.• PROVIDING TECHNICAL ADVICE TO GOVERNMENT AND OTHERS ON HUMAN RIGHTS MATTERS.• CONTRIBUTING TO THE SOUND ADMINISTRATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS LAW.• COMMENTING ON PROPOSED HUMAN RIGHTS LEGISLATION.• RAISING AWARENESS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES.• PROMOTING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS.  • PROMOTING RESPECT OF HUMAN RIGHTS AMONG INDIVIDUALS AND CORPORATIONS.• INTERNATIONAL ADVOCACY OF HUMAN RIGHTS.• ELIMINATING INFRINGEMENTS OF HUMAN RIGHTS.”3.3 TO PROMOTE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT RESOLUTION AND RECONCILIATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT WITH A VIEW TO RELIEVING SUFFERING, POVERTY AND DISTRESS AND BUILDING AND MAINTAINING SOCIAL COHESION AND TRUST WITHIN AND BETWEEN COMMUNITIES BY• INVESTIGATING AND IDENTIFYING PROBABLE CAUSES OF CONFLICT.• EXAMINING PROBABLY SOLUTIONS FOR CONFLICT THROUGH PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH INTO RELEVANT AND SOCIAL ISSUES.• PUBLISHING REPORTS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT ON THE CAUSES AND RECOMMENDED SOLUTIONS OF PARTICULAR CONFLICTS.• PROVIDED THAT ALL ACTIVITIES SHALL BE BALANCED AND SHALL MAINTAIN OR ENHANCE THE ASSOCIATION’S COMMITMENT TO REMAINING IMPARTIAL.”IN ALL CASES PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY RELATED TO THE PROBLEMS OF MINORITY GROUPS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OR ELSEWHERE, AND ALWAYS FOR THE PROMOTION OF PUBLIC BENEFIT.”3.1 TO PROVIDE AN ORGANISATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC OF STUDIES IN PUBLIC, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL SCIENCE AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL SUBJECTS AND FOR THE PROMOTION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC OF EDUCATION AND DISSEMINATION OF KNOWLEDGE IN SUCH SCIENCES AND SUBJECTS.3.2 THE PREVENTION AND/OR RELIEF OF POVERTY.TO PROMOTE HUMAN RIGHTS (AS SET OUT IN THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND SUBSEQUENT UNITED NATIONS CONVENTIONS AND DECLARATIONS) THROUGHOUT THE WORLD BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:• MONITORING ABUSES OF HUMAN RIGHTS.• RELIEVING NEED AMONG THE VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE.• RESEARCH INTO HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES.• PROVIDING TECHNICAL ADVICE TO GOVERNMENT AND OTHERS ON HUMAN RIGHTS MATTERS.• CONTRIBUTING TO THE SOUND ADMINISTRATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS LAW.• COMMENTING ON PROPOSED HUMAN RIGHTS LEGISLATION.• RAISING AWARENESS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES.• PROMOTING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS.  • PROMOTING RESPECT OF HUMAN RIGHTS AMONG INDIVIDUALS AND CORPORATIONS.• INTERNATIONAL ADVOCACY OF HUMAN RIGHTS.• ELIMINATING INFRINGEMENTS OF HUMAN RIGHTS.”3.3 TO PROMOTE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT RESOLUTION AND RECONCILIATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT WITH A VIEW TO RELIEVING SUFFERING, POVERTY AND DISTRESS AND BUILDING AND MAINTAINING SOCIAL COHESION AND TRUST WITHIN AND BETWEEN COMMUNITIES BY• INVESTIGATING AND IDENTIFYING PROBABLE CAUSES OF CONFLICT.• EXAMINING PROBABLY SOLUTIONS FOR CONFLICT THROUGH PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH INTO RELEVANT AND SOCIAL ISSUES.• PUBLISHING REPORTS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT ON THE CAUSES AND RECOMMENDED SOLUTIONS OF PARTICULAR CONFLICTS.• PROVIDED THAT ALL ACTIVITIES SHALL BE BALANCED AND SHALL MAINTAIN OR ENHANCE THE ASSOCIATION’S COMMITMENT TO REMAINING IMPARTIAL.”IN ALL CASES PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY RELATED TO THE PROBLEMS OF MINORITY GROUPS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OR ELSEWHERE, AND ALWAYS FOR THE PROMOTION OF PUBLIC BENEFIT.”

**Activities:** MRG works to secure the rights of ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities and indigenous peoples nationally and internationally within a clear framework of international standards in a non-partisan way. MRG promotes cooperation and understanding between communities by bringing together groups with different views to share experiences and solve problems collaboratively.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- **What:** Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- **Who:** People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin, Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** UNDEFINED
- Bosnia And Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Dominican Republic
- Egypt
- Hungary
- Iraq
- Mauritania
- Pakistan
- Somalia
- Sri Lanka
- Turkey
- Uganda
- Yemen





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Anastasia Crickley** | Chair | July 21, 2022 |
| Amana Dawuda |  | June 23, 2023 |
| Christine Jepkemoi Kandie |  | July 15, 2025 |
| Dr Jose Antonio Guevara Bermudez |  | May 15, 2020 |
| George Ngwane |  | June 5, 2019 |
| Master of Law Astrid Gunilla Margareta Thors |  | June 17, 2021 |
| Sima Deidre Luipert |  | July 24, 2024 |
| Stefania Kulaeva |  | July 12, 2024 |
| Vivek Sinha |  | June 23, 2023 |
| WILLIAM EDGAR FOYLE SAMUEL |  | April 28, 2018 |




