Latest: Statements and press releases
Press releases
- European Union Must Speak Out Against India’s Rights Violations | Front Line Defenders
- Press Release: European Parliament calls for an EU policy to address caste discrimination
- Rights Activists: No global goals without tackling caste (Press Release)
- No more silence: Companies must address caste in their global supply chains (ETI-UK)
- We have a dream (IDSN Statement 2018)
- India: MRG & IDSN strongly condemn latest arrests of prominent human rights defenders (IDSN)
- Amnesty and HRW ask India to stop arresting Dalit rights activists on politically motivated grounds
- Press Release Regional People’s Tribunal: Dalit Human Rights in South Asia (NCDHR)
- Amnesty International Human Rights Award 2016 awarded to Henri Tiphagne from India (Amnesty International India)
- Double court victory in Mauritania a potential game changer (Anti-Slavery)
- Civil Society Members Meet President to Demand an End to Manual Scavenging and Sewer Deaths – Indian Cultural Forum
- Nepal – UN Members deeply concerned about caste discrimination and untouchability (IDSN news)
- Press Release: UN Rights Council: End Caste-Based Rape, Violence (HRW)
- Take action to improve conditions for Dalit women (IDSN News, Press Release, 2013)
- Tearing down the wall of caste – Opinion Piece by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR, 2009, Statement)
- Press release – UPR Pakistan 2012: Time to act in Pakistan is now, say human rights organisations (MRG, 2012, Press Release)
- Nepal: Passing of ‘Untouchability Bill’ is a Historic Achievement for the Dalit Movement (IDSN, 2011, Press)
- Press Release: European Parliament: Ensure that Dalits benefit from EU-India Free Trade Agreement
- MEPs: The EU Must Act Now to Help End One of the Biggest Human Rights Issues in the World (IDSN, 2011, Press)
- India: UN Members Should Act to End Caste Discrimination says Human Rights Watch and IDSN (IDSN, 2012, News)
- IDSN and HRW press release: UPR-Reviews of the UK and India – Time to Act on Caste Discrimination (IDSN and HRW, 2012, News)
- Press Release: India Must Show Leadership in Combating Caste-Based Discrimination, Says UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (IDSN, 2009, news)
- Press release – UN Racism Conference fails to address caste-based discrimination affecting 260 million people (2009)
Statements
- Statement: Act now to end caste and gender based violence and discrimination in the garment industry (IDSN News)
- IDSN engages with the Human Rights Council 45th session on caste, slavery and water and sanitation (IDSN News)
- Oral statement on “Human rights to water and sanitation for Dalits in India” at the 45th session of the Human Rights Council (IMADR – IDSN)
- In solidarity with #BlackLivesMatter (IDSN News)
- Vulnerable workers in supply chains need urgent protection to survive impact of Covid-19 (IDSN Statement)
- Saving lives by preventing discrimination in COVID-19 relief (IDSN Statement)
- IDSN statements and recommendations at the UN Human Rights Council’s 42nd Session
- UN rights chief warns against “increasing harassment and targeting of” Dalits, Muslims and Adivasis in India (IDSN News)
- We have a dream (IDSN Statement 2018)
- Joint NGO statement for meeting between the ECOSOC Committee on NGOs and accredited NGOs (IDSN)
- 2018 Joint statement on global caste discrimination by IDSN-MRG for the 39th session of the UN Human Rights Council
- Joint statement by IDSN-MRG on caste-related slavery for the 39th session of the Human Rights Council
- India: MRG & IDSN strongly condemn latest arrests of prominent human rights defenders (IDSN)
- Amnesty and HRW ask India to stop arresting Dalit rights activists on politically motivated grounds
- Joint statement – Pakistan must act immediately to protect Dalits against forced disappearances, slavery and discrimination
- Events marking 16 days of Activism to end violence against Dalit women (CADAM, 2016)
- HRC President calls for high-level discussions of caste issue (OHCHR, 2016)
- UN High Commissioner and Secretary-General statements on caste
- IDSN Statement: 50 years of ICERD – from paper tigers to global action
- IDSN Statement on CBD in the context of the UN Network/Guidance Note on racial discrimination and minorities (IDSN, 2012, Statement)
- UN review of Pakistan – Urgent protection needed for minorities
- Urgent Global Call for Action to Eliminate Caste Discrimination (IDSN, 2011, Statement)
- HRC21 written statement – Stigma, untouchability and caste-based discrimination (IMADR, IDSN and NCDHR, 2012, HRC statement)
- IDSN Position Paper on the Interrelations Between Caste, Descent and Race (IDSN, 2010, Publication)