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A Woman Apart (2008, Video)

August 7th, 2012||

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.     […]

June 1st, 2023||

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 […]

June 8th, 2021|South Asia, United Nations|

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 […]

June 4th, 2021|United Nations|

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 […]

September 30th, 2015|Bangladesh, Dalit Women, Education, India, Pakistan, South Asia, United Nations|

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 […]

December 10th, 2014||

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 […]

December 3rd, 2014||

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 […]

December 3rd, 2014||

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 […]

December 3rd, 2014||