Tags Archives: UN

Mauritania wants to put this blogger to death for criticizing its caste system (The Washington Post 2016)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/global-opinions/wp/2016/09/28/mauritania-wants-to-put-this-blogger-to-death-for-criticizing-its-caste-system/

September 29th, 2016||

Human Rights Council concludes general debate on racism and racial discrimination

http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=20594&LangID=E

September 29th, 2016||

Debt bondage remains the most prevalent form of forced labour worldwide (UN News 2016)

http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=20504&LangID=E

September 28th, 2016||

National Secular Society – NSS accuses Government of showing contempt for Parliament and UK’s international obligations on caste discrimination

http://www.secularism.org.uk/news/2016/09/nss-accuses-government-of-showing-contempt-for-parliament-and-the-uks-international-obligations-on-caste-discrimination

September 28th, 2016||

National Secular Society – UK must honour equality and human rights obligations, NSS tells UN

http://www.secularism.org.uk/news/2016/09/nss-highlights-uk-failure-to-uphold-equality-and-human-rights-in-submission-to-un

September 28th, 2016||

CERD- 90 Pakistan – Alternative report 2016 (joint submission by IDSN and PDSN)

http://idsn.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Alternative-report-CERD-Pakistan-final.pdf

September 20th, 2016||

Caste at the Human Rights Council’s 33 session (IDSN News, 2016)

http://idsn.org/caste-human-rights-councils-33-session/

September 15th, 2016||

UN High Commissioner and Secretary-General statements on caste

https://idsn.org/un-2/high-commissioner-for-human-rights/

September 15th, 2016||

Opening Statement by Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, at the 33rd session of the Human Rights Council

http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=20474&LangID=E

September 15th, 2016||

References to Caste-Based Discrimination in reports and statements presented at the 33rd session of the Human Rights Council, September 2016

https://idsn.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Caste-references-in-HRC-33-reports-and-statements-NBA.pdf

September 14th, 2016||