UN India Documentation

More UN India documentation

 

UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW

India was first reviewed by the UPR mechanism of the Human Rights Council in 2008, and for the second time in May 2012. Caste discrimination figured prominently in both reviews.


UN TREATY BODIES

The issue of caste discrimination in India has been addressed by several UN treaty bodies, including the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (1996, 2000 and 2007), the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (2008), the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (2000, 2007), and the Committee on the Rights of the Child (2000, 2004).


UN SPECIAL PROCEDURES


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