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Mauritius

October 5, 2023

Mauritian Court Finds Sodomy Law Unconstitutional, Discriminatory

Two landmark judgments of the Supreme Court of Mauritius have struck down the provision in the Criminal Code that outlawed consensual sex between men, rejecting the law as a discriminatory colonial relic.

Location of Mauritius, east of Madagascar

Refugees and Migrants

This month marks 50 years since the arrival of the last of the Chagossian people in Port Louis, Mauritius.

June 21, 2023
Commentary
Let Chagossians go home, decide their future

Allan Ngari

Advocacy Director, Africa

Clive Baldwin

Senior Legal Adviser

Published in: Mail & Guardian
Refugees and Migrants

May 11, 2023
Commentary
Charles Can Help Undo a Colonial Crime

Clive Baldwin

Senior Legal Adviser

Published in: Inter Press Service
Africa

May 8, 2023
Commentary
Ensure Chagossians Have Access to Mauritius’ Prosperity, Too

Ashwanee Budoo-Scholtz

Deputy Director, Africa

Published in: lexpress.mu

Videos

Reports

February 15, 2023 Report

“That’s When the Nightmare Started”

UK and US Forced Displacement of the Chagossians and Ongoing Colonial Crimes

News

July 11, 2024 Letter

Letter to UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy on Chagos

Labour’s Commitment to Addressing Historical and Ongoing Injustices Should Start with the Chagossians’ Right to Return
January 26, 2024 Letter

Human Rights Watch Letter to Mauritian Prime Minister Mr Pravind Kumar Jugnauth

Ongoing Negotiations between the UK and Mauritian Governments on the exercise of sovereignty over the Chagos Archipelago
January 25, 2024 Letter

Human Rights Watch Letter to Lord David Cameron

Ongoing Negotiations between the UK and Mauritian Governments on the exercise of sovereignty over the Chagos Archipelago
October 20, 2023 Statement

Oral Statement at the 77th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights
July 20, 2023 UPR

Submission to the Universal Periodic Review of the Republic of Mauritius

45th Session of the UN Universal Periodic Review
February 15, 2023 News Release

UK, US Expelled Islanders 50 Years Ago, a Crime Against Humanity

Expulsion of Chagos Islands’ Indigenous People an Ongoing Colonial Crime
February 15, 2023 Interview

Interview: UK, US Treatment of Chagossians a Continuing Colonial Crime

How Building a US Military Base Resulted in Crimes Against Humanity
December 15, 2022 Letter

Negotiations between the UK and Mauritian Governments on the exercise of sovereignty over the Chagos Archipelago

Human Rights Watch Letter to Mr. Cleverly
November 8, 2022 News Release

Chagos Islands: Include Long-Expelled Residents in Negotiations

Critical Opportunity for UK, Mauritius to Right Half Century of Wrongs
July 13, 2022 Statement

Submission to the Committee on the Rights of the Child Review of Mauritius

91st Pre-session