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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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UN CERD review of India calls for stronger action to end caste discrimination

The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) has issued wide-ranging recommendations to India on segregation, caste-based violence, access to justice, bonded labour, manual scavenging, education and health. The Committee also reaffirmed […]
September 11th, 2026|Access to justice, Caste-based slavery, Caste-hate speech, Dalit Children, Dalit Women, Education, Health, India, Living conditions, Manual Scavenging, Political Participation, Poverty, United Nations, Violence and atrocities, 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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European Parliament calls for action on forced conversion and child marriage in Pakistan, including caste discrimination

The European Parliament has adopted a resolution condemning the abduction, forced conversion and child marriage of Maria Shahbaz, while calling for stronger protection of girls from Pakistan’s religious and caste-marginalised communities. The resolution, adopted on […]
July 15th, 2026|Access to justice, Dalit Children, Dalit Women, European Union, Pakistan|
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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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European Parliament hearing calls for stronger EU action on caste discrimination in South Asia

On 14 April 2026, the European Parliament’s Subcommittee on Human Rights held a public hearing on caste discrimination in South Asia, bringing renewed attention to caste as a structural human rights issue and to the […]
May 7th, 2026|Access to justice, Business, Dalit Children, Dalit Women, European Union, Political Participation, Violence and atrocities|
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Nepal: UN Special Rapporteur urges action on caste discrimination and Dalit rights

The UN Special Rapporteur on minority issues, Professor Nicolas Levrat, has urged Nepal to take stronger action to ensure that Dalits and minority communities can fully enjoy their rights. Following his country visit to […]
March 20th, 2026|United Nations|
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States urge Nepal to strengthen action against caste discrimination in 2026 UN rights review outcome

During Nepal’s fourth-cycle Universal Periodic Review (UPR), UN Member States’ recommendations called for stronger action against caste-based discrimination, “untouchability”, and related patterns of exclusion and violence affecting Dalits, including Dalit women and Dalit children. Nepal’s review took place on 21 January 2026 during the […]
February 3rd, 2026|Access to justice, Dalit Women, Nepal, Political Participation, United Nations, Violence and atrocities|
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