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Annual Minority Network Meetings

Civil society activists from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Moldova, Ukraine, and Georgia met for a 2-day seminar to reflect on experiences from the Third Annual EaP Summit in Vilinus. The seminars consisted of one-day introduction on the mechanisms for minority rights…

International Advocacy Conferences

Minority Rights Group and minority CSOs made interventions at the  United Nations Forum on Minority Issues,  and the OSCE Paralel Civil Society Conference, November 2013.

Minority Participants Attend the Civil Society Forum

Eastern Partnership Minority Network members attended the annual Civil Society Forum in Chisinau, Moldova. The event links civil society organizations throughout the Eastern Partnership to discuss best practices and development networks to improve civil society’s…

National Civil Society Trainings

The EaP Minority Network held sessions throughout EaP countries with civil society to discuss the role of minority rights. The session in Armenia was quite an eclectic group, representing Yezidi, Assiriyan, Georgian, Molokani, Russian, Greek, Polish, and Ukrainian…

Online Correspondence Courses for Minority Rights

With the help of partner organizations, Minority Rights Group produced three new sections for its online courses, which focused on non-traditional minority groups. These groups, which often include internally displaced or refugee populations, are often overlooked…

Shadow Reports in Ukraine and Georgia

In partnership with the Social Action Centre, Minority Rights Group published a shadow report for United Nations Human Rights Committee on Ukrainian compliance with the International Covenant for Civil and Political Rights. Topics included refugees, asylum seekers…

Best Practice Seminars

At the invite of local governments, Eastern Partnership Minorities Network hosted several best practice seminars in EaP countries to discuss successful models for minority advocacy at the national and international level. For instance, the Georgian seminar under…

The EaP Minorities Network Launches in Georgia

What better way to kick-start the EaP Minorities Network than a minority empowerment training session in beautiful Georgia during spring? The EaP Minorities Network invited 12 participants from three partner organizations to the Lopota, Georgia for a crash course…