Press clippings - UN
Press clippings - UN
- Child Labour, Caste Discrimination Closely Interlinked In India: UN Report (NDTV)
- Open letter to members of the UN General Assembly regarding the ECOSOC Committee on NGOs
- Why a 1995 Beijing Conference Was Significant for the Dalit Women’s Movement (The Wire)
- NSS urges UN to push government to pass law on caste discrimination (National Secular Society)
- The power of human rights education – OHCHR
- From where I stand: “Local and global political and economic systems create and maintain social inequality” (UN Women – article)
- Dalit women’s rights activists to present accounts of caste violence at UNHRC (The Indian Express)
- Discrimination against Dalits, Muslims in India deeply disturbing, says UN human rights chief
- L’Entraide protestante suisse soutient les droits des minorités discriminées auprès de l’ONU (protestinfo)
- Mauritania wants to put this blogger to death for criticizing its caste system (The Washington Post 2016)
- How to be free of caste in India (The Hindu)
- Rohith’s suicide issue raised during UN rights meet
- COUNTERVIEW: Govt of India “blocks” Dalit solidarity network’s move to seek recognition at UN (2016)
- Statment on Yemen at Minority Forum 2014 – All Youth Network
- India denies ‘caste’ as factor of gender inequality – The Hindu: Mobile Edition
- Govt team insisted not to use the word ‘caste’, say activists (The Indian Express)
- Nepal: UN Human Rights Council should exert pressure to abolish Haliya practice, a form of slavery (AHRC)
- ‘India not willing to accept failure in providing safety measures to women’ (The Hindu)
- What Is the Root Cause of India’s Epidemic of Violence Against Women? (LinkAsia)
- UN Rights Chief Calls Time on Caste-Based Sex Attacks (AFP)
- Press Clippings – HRC26 side-event on ‘Caste-based violence against women’
- The International Service on Human Rights (ISHR) profile on IDSN in relation to ECOSOC
- UN hears of religious discrimination against ‘untouchables’ in India (Christian Today)
- Savio Mahimaidass: calling to end caste-based discrimination worldwide (OHCHR web news)
- Silence is not an option | Aradhna Wal
- UPR Pakistan 2012 News Clipping: Civil society ‘disappointed’ on state of human rights (The Nation – Pakistan, 2012, News)
- UPR Pakistan 2012 News clipping: ‘Getting Worse for Minorities in Pakistan’ (Inter Press Service, 2012, News)
- Press release – UPR Pakistan 2012: Time to act in Pakistan is now, say human rights organisations (MRG, 2012, Press Release)
- OHCHR News: Minority Fellow Maha Rashed speaking up for the rights of Al-Akhdam women (OHCHR, 2012, news)
- IDSN: UN Experts Call for end to Caste-Based Stigma and Slavery (IDSN, 2012, News)
- Committee on Elimination of Racial Discrimination Considers Report of Pakistan (CERD, 2009, News)
- Eminent Experts Condemn India’s Stand at the UN on Caste-Based Discrimination: Call for a Radical Change (WGHR, 2009, Press)
- UN Pushes for Action in Dalit Discrimination Cases (the Himalayan Times, 2010, News)
- OHCHR launches non-discrimination campaign (OHCHR, 2009, Press)
- Government Assurances to NDC and OHCHR to Implement Court Verdicts on Caste-Based Discrimination (OHCHR/NDC, 2010, Press)
- Dalit Rights Activists Enraged at the Failure of Indian Delegations to Address Questions Raised at the UN Today (NCDHR, 2012, Press)
- UN Increasingly Concerned About Caste (DSN-UK/IDSN/NCDHR/Minority Rights Group International, 2012, Press)
- Open Letter to Barack Obama Ahead of His Visit to India (IDSN, 2010, Open Letter)
- UN Expert Deeply Disturbed by the Situation of Dalit Human Rights Defenders in India (IDSN, 2012, News)
- Dalit Human Rights Defenders Need Urgent Protection Says UN Expert at UN Side-Event (IDSN, 2012, News)
- UPR Recommendations: Caste Discrimination in India and the UK (IDSN, 2012, News)
- UPR Pakistan: Joint Call for Adoption of Law Prohibiting Caste Discrimination (IDSN, 2012, News)
- 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)
- Caste Included in the Adopted Report on the UK UPR Review (IDSN, 2012, News)
- UN Makes Strong Recommendations for India to Address Rampant Caste Discrimination (IDSN, 2012, News)
- UN Increasingly Concerned About Caste (IDSN, 2012, News)
- Dalit Women Participate in the UN Forum on Minority Issues (IDSN, News, 2011)
- Press Release: India Must Show Leadership in Combating Caste-Based Discrimination, Says UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (IDSN, 2009, news)
- Kandhamal Victims Meet UN Representative (IDSN, 2012, News)
- Plights of Riot Victims Shocks UN Rapporteurs (IDSN, 2012, News)
- Reports On Rights Violations Submitted to UN Official (IDSN, 2012, News)
- India: Concern Expressed About Extrajudicial Executions (OHCHR, 2012, News)
- UPR India: Dalit Rights Activists Enraged at the Failure of Indian Delegations to Address Questions Raised at the UN Today (IDSN, 2012, News)
- Caste Discrimination and the Second UPR of India (IDSN, 2012, News)
- Caste-Related Statements at the Universal Periodic Review of India (IDSN, 2012, News)
- Caste-Based Discrimination in India 13th Session of the Universal Periodic Review of the Human Rights Council – India (IDSN, 2012, News)
- Caste Discrimination and the Second UPR of the UK (Executive Summary) (IDSN, 2012, News)
- UN Expert on Summary Executions Concerned About “High Levels of Impunty” in India (IDSN, 2012, News)
- India questioned on caste discrimination in the UN – UPR 2008 (IDSN, NCDHR and IMADR, 2008, news)
- UPRs of India and the UK: Observations on outcomes and follow up (IDSN, 2012, news)
- UK UPR 2012: UK caste battle taken to the UN (DSN-UK, 2012, news)