Latest caste & slavery links

• Caste discrimination raised at the UN Human Rights Council – International Dalit Solidarity Network
• The UN Special Rapporteur on Slavery highlights the deep-rooted and intersecting forms of discrimination as main causes of contemporary forms of slavery affecting minorities – International Dalit Solidarity Network
• Child Labour, Caste Discrimination Closely Interlinked In India: UN Report (NDTV)
• The situation regarding Dalits and modern forms of slavery
• Feedback from: International Dalit Solidarity Network
• Mauritania: UN expert encouraged by progress but says more work needed to fully eradicate slavery | OHCHR
• Call for inputs to report on contemporary forms of slavery as affecting persons belonging to ethnic, religious and linguistic minority communities
• IDSN 2022 submission to the Special Rapporteur on Contemporary forms of Slavery
• UN slavery expert raises concern over caste discrimination in Sri Lanka (IDSN News)
• Brief: Dalit women face violence and harassment in India’s garment industry – time to act (IDSN)
• Recommendations for the 48 th Regular Session of the Human Rights Council (13 September – 8 October 2021)
• ‘Can justice be bought?’ seminar assesses Norway’s new Transparency Act and how stakeholders can address caste discrimination in supply chains (IDSN News)
• India must consider untouchability as a form of racism: Civil society tells UN panel
• Modern slavery in India: Patterns of patriarchy, politics, and “progress” – The Norwegian Human Rights Fund
• MRG concerned about anti-slavery linked arrests in Mauritania | Minority Rights Group
• Suit: Workers lured from India paid $1.20 per hour for years
• Pakistan’s disposable labour needs attention – The Norwegian Human Rights Fund
• Seeds of Oppression: Wage sharecropping in Bt cottonseed production in Gujarat, India (Report – ARISA)
• EU Consultation for an Initiative on Sustainable Corporate Governance
• Contribution from the International Dalit Solidarity Network IDSN