Report from IDSN UN side event: Caste and Gender-Based Forced and Bonded Labour

REPORT - Caste and Gender-Based Forced and Bonded Labour from UN HRC29 IDSN SIDE-EVENT 18th June 2015, 17.00-18.30

Scheduled Caste Children in Pakistan (IDSN and PDSN July 2015 alternative report for the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, 2015)

The alternative report on scheduled caste children in Pakistan is written by the Pakistan Dalit Solidarity Network (PDSN) and the International Dalit Solidarity Network (IDSN) and submitted to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child for the 72nd Pre-sessional Working Group session (5-9 October 2015) and the review of Pakistan at the 72nd Working Group session (6 May-3 June 2016). The report examines the current situation of scheduled caste (Dalit) children and provides information about the implementation gaps in the enforcement of the International Convention on the Rights of the Child, and makes recommendations for the Committee’s examination. The observations are based on independent studies and reports, case documentation, and recommendations by other UN human rights bodies.

We are not untouchable – End Caste Discrimination Now! (2012, Video)

IDSN introduction video to caste discrimination (produced 2012)

IDSN Submission to UN Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery: Forced Marriage and Forced Prostitution of Dalit Women (IDSN, 2012, Publication)

Joint Declaration and Global Call for Action to Eliminate Caste-Based Discrimination (IDSN, 2012, Publication)

From the International Consultation on Caste-Based Discrimination · 29 November – 1 December 2011 · Kathmandu · Nepal. Good practices and strategies to eliminate caste discrimination by governments, civil society, national & international institutions and agencies