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Factsheet 2018: Caste-Based Discrimination and Untouchability against Dalit in Nepal – for the UN CERD review of Nepal 2018
Caste-Based Discrimination and Untouchability against Dalit in Nepal
Caste-Based Discrimination and Untouchability against Dalit in Nepal – 2018 – (Alternative Report by Civil Society to the UN CERD review of Nepal)
Nepal's Civil Society ALTERNATIVE REPORT to the UN Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination in addition to the Government of Nepal periodic reports 17 to 23, to be reviewed at the 95th session, 23 April -11 May 2018 Caste-Based Discrimination and Untouchability against Dalit in Nepal February 2018
UN anti-racism committee issues strong recommendations on fighting caste discrimination in Nepal – International Dalit Solidarity Network
The Concluding Observations of the May 2018 review of Nepal, by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), includes dozens of remarks relating to caste-based discrimination and several strongly worded recommendations on fighting it. Read the full IDSN analysis
Joint statement – Pakistan must act immediately to protect Dalits against forced disappearances, slavery and discrimination
Joint statement by the International Dalit Solidarity Network, Pakistan Dalit Solidarity Network, International Movement Against All Forms of Racism and Discrimination (IMADR), Minority Rights Group International, Anti-Slavery International and FORUM-ASIA. As the UN review Pakistan’s human rights record on 13 November, we urge the Government to commit with time bound action plans to end ongoing serious human rights violations against Dalits in Pakistan. Despite general commitments made to this effect at previous UN UPR reviews of Pakistan these have not been implemented and violations such as bonded labour, forced conversions and disappearances, murder and persecution of Dalit rights defenders continue unabated. As a newly elected member of the UN Human Rights Council, Pakistan must ensure that commitments to protect the rights of Dalits are urgently and duly implemented.
IDSN recommendations for HRC 33
MEPs make caste appeal to EU foreign policy chief (IDSN News 2016)
A cross-party group of Members of the European Parliament have asked the EU’s foreign policy chief, Federica Mogherini, to ensure that EU action to address caste discrimination is prioritised at the highest levels.
Stung by UN Report on Caste Discrimination, India Cries Foul | The Wire
IDSN recommendations for HRC31
Report of the Special Rapporteur on minority issues -minorities and discrimination based on caste and analogous systems of inhereted status
IDSN Statement: 50 years of ICERD – from paper tigers to global action
Yemen: Groundbreaking UNICEF survey reveals enormous welfare gap between Al-Akhdam and the general population (IDSN news)
UNICEF Yemen Muhammasheen (Akhdam) mapping update report January 2015
UNICEF Yemen situtation report on reaching the Akhdam community (June 2014)
Report from IDSN UN side event: Caste and Gender-Based Forced and Bonded Labour
REPORT - Caste and Gender-Based Forced and Bonded Labour from UN HRC29 IDSN SIDE-EVENT 18th June 2015, 17.00-18.30
Scheduled Caste Children in Pakistan (IDSN and PDSN July 2015 alternative report for the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, 2015)
The alternative report on scheduled caste children in Pakistan is written by the Pakistan Dalit Solidarity Network (PDSN) and the International Dalit Solidarity Network (IDSN) and submitted to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child for the 72nd Pre-sessional Working Group session (5-9 October 2015) and the review of Pakistan at the 72nd Working Group session (6 May-3 June 2016). The report examines the current situation of scheduled caste (Dalit) children and provides information about the implementation gaps in the enforcement of the International Convention on the Rights of the Child, and makes recommendations for the Committee’s examination. The observations are based on independent studies and reports, case documentation, and recommendations by other UN human rights bodies.
Caste, Gender and Forced and Bonded Labour (IDSN briefing note)
Briefing note including cases and quotes.
FEDO (Nepal) report for CSW59 on Dalit Women March 2015
WG on African Descent Member note caste-based discrimination at GA, March 20 2015
Keynote Speech delivered by Professor Verene Shepherd (Member of the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent) at the UN General Assembly on the Occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
IDSN input on Dalit women in relation to the 59th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women
When the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) convenes to discuss challenges that affect the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of women at its 59th session in March 2015, there is an urgent need to address the link between caste and the multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination and violence faced by Dalit women.