New Reports April 2011

An NGO Report on the Compliance with the Paris Principles by the National Human Rights Commission of India. The Report was submitted to the International Coordination Committee on National Human Rights Institutions on the 22nd of January 2011. All India Network of NGOs and Individuals working with National and State Human Rights Institutions (AiNNI)

Caste Discrimination in the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi - Report by Annop Kumar/Insight & National Dalit Students’ Forum - "The dismal representation of SC/ST students in IITs demands some serious questioning from all who believe in equal opportunities and social justice. Even after 40 years of their existence, most of the IITs have also singularly failed to recruit faculties from these communities. On the top of it, there are various instances that indicate towards the prevalence of caste-based harassment of Dalit students."

No Redress: Somalias forgotten minorities - Report from Minority Rights Group

Pilot Survey Report finds that Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes form 1/2 of India's poorest. The survey has not been made publically available in full yet but you can read media coverage of the survey here >>