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Side-event at the UN Minority Forum coming up!

Join IDSN for Beyond borders: International solidarity giving Dalit voices agency, a side event at the 19th UN Forum on Minority Issues. Dalit human rights defenders from India, Bangladesh and Pakistan will join UN experts […]
November 11th, 2026|Bangladesh, Human Rights Defenders, India, Nepal, Pakistan, South Asia, United Nations|
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Congratulations to Navi Pillay on the Nobel Peace Prize

IDSN warmly congratulates Navi Pillay on being awarded the 2026 The Nobel Peace Prize for her efforts to promote peace and international law. For IDSN, this is also a moment to celebrate her longstanding […]
October 9th, 2026|Human Rights Defenders, India, Manual Scavenging, Political Participation, South Asia, United Nations, Violence and atrocities, Water and Sanitation|
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UN side event highlights caste, gender and dignity in the right to sanitation

At the 63rd UN Human Rights Council the side event ‘Turning the Spotlight on the Right to Sanitation’ called for sanitation to be treated as a distinct human right. Held on 16 September 2026, […]
September 28th, 2026|Dalit Women, India, South Asia, Uncategorized, United Nations, Water and Sanitation|
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Dalit human rights defenders urge EU decision-makers to strengthen work to end caste discrimination

A delegation of Dalit human rights defenders visited Brussels in July for a series of meetings with European Union institutions, Members of the European Parliament and civil society organisations to discuss how the EU […]
August 28th, 2026|Access to justice, Bangladesh, Dalit Children, Dalit Women, Education, European Union, Health, Human Rights Defenders, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Political Participation, South Asia, Violence and atrocities, Water and Sanitation|
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UN side-event highlights Dalit women’s leadership in the fight for justice

IDSN brought together #DalitVoicesForJustice, UN experts, civil society and Member States for our HRC62 side-event, Caste, Gender and Power: #DalitVoicesForJustice on 2 July at the UN Human Rights Council. The event highlighted the urgent need to […]
July 3rd, 2026|Access to justice, Bangladesh, Caste-hate speech, Dalit Women, Human Rights Defenders, India, Manual Scavenging, Nepal, Pakistan, Political Participation, South Asia, Sri Lanka, United Nations, Violence and atrocities, Water and Sanitation|
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UN HRC62 side-event: Caste, Gender and Power — #DalitVoicesForJustice Invitation

IDSN is delighted to welcome two UN Special Rapporteurs, Ashwini K.P. and Prof. Nicolas Levrat, alongside a powerful panel of Dalit human rights defenders from across South Asia, for a UN Human Rights Council […]
June 22nd, 2026|Access to justice, Dalit Women, India, Nepal, Pakistan, South Asia, Sri Lanka, United Nations|
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IDSN highlights milestone and the need to address caste discrimination at ICERD 60th Anniversary

On 4 December 2025, the International Dalit Solidarity Network (IDSN) joined global human rights leaders at United Nations HQ in Geneva for the High-Level Commemoration of the 60th Anniversary of the International Convention on […]
December 14th, 2025|Access to justice, Caste-based slavery, Caste-hate speech, Dalit Children, Dalit Women, Human Rights Defenders, Political Participation, South Asia, United Nations, Violence and atrocities|
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UN Minority Forum: Dalit activists call for action on caste-based violence, intersectional discrimination, shrinking civic space and labour rights

At the Eighteenth session of the UN Forum on Minority Issues in 2025, IDSN delegates highlighted the urgent need to address caste discrimination, violence and exclusion across South Asia. Dalit delegates from South Asia […]
December 1st, 2025|Access to justice, Bangladesh, Business, Caste-based slavery, Caste-hate speech, Dalit Children, Dalit Women, development, Education, Human Rights Defenders, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Political Participation, South Asia, United Nations, Violence and atrocities|
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UN Advocacy Update: June–November 2025

Over the past months, IDSN has been actively engaging across the UN Human Rights Council, the General Assembly and with several Special Rapporteurs to ensure that addressing caste discrimination remain firmly on the international […]
November 18th, 2025|Access to justice, Bangladesh, Business, Caste-based slavery, Climate, Dalit Children, Dalit Women, Education, India, Living conditions, Manual Scavenging, Nepal, Pakistan, Political Participation, Poverty, South Asia, United Nations, Violence and atrocities, Water and Sanitation|
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IDSN delegation visits Brussels to advocate for EU action on caste discrimination

IDSN coordinated a weeklong advocacy visit to Brussels in June, bringing together six representatives from marginalized caste groups across South Asia. Delegates included: Dharsika Sivapragasam (Human Development Organization – Sri Lanka), Swapon Das (DALIT Khulna – Bangladesh), Sushil BK (Dalit […]
July 18th, 2025|Bangladesh, European Union, Human Rights Defenders, India, Nepal, Pakistan, South Asia, Sri Lanka|
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