European Parliament report on Human Rights in the World 2009
The report by MEP Laima Liucija Andrikienė on the Annual Report on Human Rights in the World 2009 and the European Union’s policy on the matter was adopted by the EP on 16 December 2010. The report has two references to caste, the first being a call for recognition of the fact that minorities, such as indigenous groups and people discriminated against because of their caste are disproportionately vulnerable and subjected to torture. The second reference is in article 159 which deals with human rights dialogues with third countries and calls for follow up to the dialogues. The specific reference to the EU-India human rights dialogue regrets that the issue of caste-based discrimination was not discussed at the last dialogue.
