Earlier examples of European Parliamentary questions referencing caste

Read the EP Parliamentary Oral Questions on Caste-based discrimination(18 September 2013), addressed to the EU Commission. The questions were read out by Eva Joly, on behalf of the Committee on Development and answered by EU Commissioner Cecilie Malmström, at the debate in the European Parliament on the 10th October 2013. Read a transcript of the answers here

Read the EP Parliamentary Questions on Caste-based discrimination in South Asia (19 June 2013), addressed to the EU Commission (Vice President/High Representative). The questions (by Fiorello Provera and Charles Tannock) specifically referred to the UN side event on Dalit women at the Human Rights Council on 4 June 2013. Read EU´s Commission´s answer here.

Read the EP Parliamentary Questions on discrimination on the grounds of caste (2012) to the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Commission Vice-President, Catherine Ashton, and read Ms Ashton’s answer here. The questions refer to the ommission of references to caste discrimination in various documents, including the Human Rights Package and Annual Action Plan (Questions by Ria Oomen-Ruijten, Thijs Berman et al).

Read the EP Parliamentary Questions & Answer (2010) regarding Child Labour including references to caste discrimination in question 1: In its political dialogue with India, will the Commission place child labour and exploitation and poor treatment of Dalits and Adivasis on the agenda? Question by Peter van Dalen (ECR)