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Joint NGO submission related to the review of Bangladesh for the fourth cycle of the Universal Periodic Review 2023 – The Situation of Dalits in Bangladesh
Contents I. INTRODUCTION II. BACKGROUND III. IMPLEMENTATION OF UPR RECOMMENDATIONS a) Enjoyment of equal rights and social and economic inclusion b) Empowerment of Dalit communities, particularly women and children c) Protection of minorities IV. […]
IDSN Submission to the UN Special Rapporteur report on SDGs
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UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues
Minorities, Equal Participation, Social and Economic Development, and the 2030 Agenda for SustainableDevelopment
Submission from the International Dalit Solidarity Network (IDSN) – June 2021
Introduction
Many of […]
IDSN Recommendations for the 47th Session of the UN Human Rights Council
Recommendations for the 47th Regular Session of the Human Rights Council (21 June – 15 July 2021)
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In connection with their participation in the 47th Human Rights Council session, states […]
Rights Activists: No global goals without tackling caste (Press Release)
From the streets of South Asia, activists fighting for justice, human rights and freedom from caste apartheid are now bringing the campaign #NoCasteLeftBehind to Europe. The activists will be in Brussels to take part in the European Development Days from […]
Minority Rights Group urges Governments to ensure ‘no one is left behind’ as SDGs are adopted
Caste-related extracts from MRG briefing note on the Sustainable Development Goals
Livelihoods
In India, Dalits are presented as ‘untouchable’ and as a result 17 per cent of the population are ‘largely exiled from mainstream society’ due […]
Tearing down the wall of caste
By Navi Pillay, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights A group of representatives from caste-affected communities in Asia recently gave me a piece of brick from the wall of a torn-down latrine. The brick […]
May 2009
IDSN May Newsletter International News Durban Review Conference Global Church Organizations regret exclusion of “hundreds of millions” affected by caste-based discrimination from the UN racism conference outcome document. 27 April 2009 Human rights violations against […]
October 2009
IDSN October Newsletter International News Time to tear down the wall of caste: In a press release issued by Human Rights Watch, the National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights and IDSN on 9 October the organisations urge […]
November 2009
IDSN November Newsletter DEAR SUBSCRIBERS, Welcome to the November edition of the IDSN newsletter. There have been lots of interesting developments since our last issue, including further support from two top UN officials to the […]