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India: UN Members Should Act to End Caste Discrimination says Human Rights Watch and IDSN

Press Release (HRW & IDSN): (Geneva, May 14, 2012) – United Nations member states should make ending caste-based discrimination a priority when they review India’s human rights record at the UN Human Rights Council in late May, 2012, Human Rights Watch and the International Dalit Solidarity Network (IDSN) said today. The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of India at the Human Rights Council is scheduled for May 24.

May 14th, 2012|India, United Nations|
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UPR Pakistan: Joint call for adoption of law prohibiting caste discrimination

Pakistan will be reviewed for the second time by the UPR Working Group at the 14th UPR session on 30 October 2012. On this occassion, Pakistan Dalit Solidarity Network (PDSN) and IDSN have prepared and submitted a stakeholders' report to the OHCHR on 23 April 2012 concerning discrimination against Dalits in Pakistan.

May 14th, 2012|Pakistan, United Nations|
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New publication: Report and Compilation of Good Practices from the International Consultation on Caste-Based Discrimination

The report is an outcome of the International Consultation on Caste-Based Discrimination: Good practices and strategies to eliminate caste discrimination by governments, civil society, national & international institutions...

March 10th, 2012|United Nations|
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IDSN Annual Report 2011 released

The IDSN Annual Report 2011 sums up the many positive developments in the struggle to end caste discrimination that the year has brought and outlines some of the remaining challenges that will keep us all engaged in this struggle for many years to come.

March 3rd, 2012|European Union, Political Participation, United Nations|
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Dalit women participate in the UN Forum on Minority Issues

Dalit human rights defenders from India, Nepal and Bangladesh voiced their concerns about effective political participation of Dalit women at the 4th session of the UN Forum on Minority Issues. The thematic focus of the session, which was held in Geneva on 29-30 November 2011, was “Guaranteeing the rights of minority women”.

December 13th, 2011|Dalit Women, Political Participation, United Nations|
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Urgent Global Call for Action to End Caste Discrimination

Press Release: Activists, members of international organisations, NGOs, Solidarity Networks and researchers from across the world, have launched a landmark Urgent Global Call for Action to Eliminate Caste-Based Discrimination.The call was launched on the 1st December, as an outcome of the International Consultation on Good Practices and Strategies to Eliminate Caste Based Discrimination, held in Kathmandu, Nepal.

December 2nd, 2011|United Nations|
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Caste-based slavery in the mining sector highlighted in UN debate

The UN Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery noted with concern that children from marginalised groups, including tribal and lower caste communities, are "doubly vulnerable to abuses" in the mining sector.

September 20th, 2011|Caste-based slavery, India, United Nations|
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UN Committee: Caste discrimination in the UK should be outlawed

The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) recommends that the UK Government prohibit caste discrimination and provide remedies to victims of this form of discrimination.

September 12th, 2011|UK, United Nations|
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UN review: UK Government fails to acknowledge the need for outlawing caste discrimination

During a review by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) on 23 and 24 August, the UK delegation said that there was "no consensus" on the need for prohibiting caste discrimination in the UK. Furthermore, the Government had “not made a decision” on the findings of a government-commissioned report, which concludes that caste discrimination exists in the UK. "Why are you so afraid?" a CERD Committee member asked during the dialogue.

August 25th, 2011|Diaspora, UK, United Nations|
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UN Committee urges Nepal to increase political participation of Dalit women

The UN Committee on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) examined Nepal on 20 July, and recommended the Government to take specific measures to increase the “very low” political representation of Dalit and indigenous women at national and local level.

August 17th, 2011|Dalit Women, Nepal, Political Participation, United Nations|
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