UN Chapter of the IDSN Annual Report 2017

IDSN recommendations for HRC 33

Caste-based discrimination highlighted at the UN Human Rights Council – HRC27

The reports and statements of the new High Commissioner for Human Rights, Special Rapporteur on Slavery and Special Rapporteur on Water and Sanitation at the HRC27 session offered general, thematic as well as state specific observations and recommendations on caste-based discrimination.

IDSN recommendations to the OHCHR and UN Agencies to end caste-based discrimination and caste-based violence against women and girls (June 2014)

IDSN recommendations to the OHCHR and UN Agencies to end caste-based discrimination and caste-based violence against women and girls presented at a side-event on 17 June at the 26th Session of the Human Rights Council

Report: UN HRC26 side-event on Caste-Based Violence Against Women The Role Of The Un In Combatting Caste-Based Violence And Discrimination

The side-event heard calls from top UN officials for a coherent and coordinated approach from the UN in tackling caste-based violence and discrimination, with a particular focus on women and girls. Ms. Navi Pillay, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, expressed great concern for the issue of caste-based violence and discrimination. UN Women - Saraswathi Menon also spoke passionately against caste discrimination.

IDSN recommendations on Dalit women to the UN Human Rights Council

Report and press release on HRC26 side-event on ‘caste-based violence against women’ Calls came from top UN officials for a coherent and coordinated approach from the UN in tackling caste-based violence and discrimination, with a particular focus on women and girls. Ms. Navi Pillay, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, expressed great concern for the issue of caste-based violence and discrimination and UN Women Policy Director, Saraswathi Menon, summed up the sentiments of the speakers in her statement, “Words and legislation is not enough we need concrete action.The UN has an important role to play and must step up to the plate to help stop caste-based violence against women.” The event had a high attendance and good state representation. Read IDSN’s joint press release, the report from the side-event and the IDSN recommendations to the UN on caste-based discrimination and violence against women.

Tearing down the wall of caste – Opinion Piece by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR, 2009, Statement)

Opinion Piece "Tearing down the walls of caste" issued by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Madam Navi Pillay, in October 2009

Alternative Report Submitted to the UN Human Rights Committee at its 104th Session – Civil and Political Rights of the Al-Akhdam in Yemen (All Youth Network for Community Development/IDSN, 2012, Publication)

HRC 104th Session – Concluding Observations of the Huma Rights Committee – Yemen (HRC, 2012, Publication)

Draft UN Principles and Guidelines for the Effective Elimination of Discrimination Based on Work and Descent – A Comprehensive Legal Framework to Eliminate Caste Discrimination Globally (IDSN, 2009, Publication)

The draft UN Principles and Guidelines for the Effective Elimination of Discrimination based on Work and Descent is a comprehensive legal framework developed to eliminate discrimination based on work and descent, the UN terminology for caste discrimination. This is an IDSN publication.