Tag Archives: Dalit

OHCHR report on Dalits’ access to justice

New OHCHR report on Dalits’s access to justice in Nepal. — Opening the door to equal justice for Dalits in Nepal: OHCHR-Nepal disseminates its report Opening the door to equality: access to justice for Dalits The United Nations Human Rights … Continue reading

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Human rights in context: The case of Dalits in Nepal

This essay will examine the issue of caste-based discrimination against Dalits in Nepal. In its brevity, the essay is not intended to provide an all-encompassing description of human rights law, nor the internal workings of the UN system, but rather … Continue reading

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100 Day Campaign against Caste Discrimination and Untouchability

This is a Hundred Day Campaign jointly organized by the National Dalit Commission NDC and the United Nations Human Rights Office in Nepal OHCHR-Nepal. On 16th September, the President of Nepal officially inaugurated the launch of the campaign and over … Continue reading

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BCN or CHHE?

A friend warned the other day not to be seen as anti-BCN (or is it anti-CHHE?), on risk of losing credibility. The following article from Republica is fairly interesting, although I admit, the half on the US was less compelling … Continue reading

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Dalits lobbying UN committee

Lobby brief on Dalit women in Nepal for the examination of Nepal at the 49th CEDAW session, New York, 20 July 2011. FEDO and IDSN lobby document Nepal info from IDSN: The government appears to be striving to erode age-old … Continue reading

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Minorities in Nepal, according to MRG

With various deadlocks in the process of transition to democracy, Nepal witnessed another year of political uncertainty in 2010. While the 2006 peace agreement ending the conflict between the Maoists and the government continued to hold, Prime Minister Madav Kumar Nepal of the Unified Marxist-Leninist party … Continue reading

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NDC, NHRC and OHCHR welcome verdict on caste-based discrimination and urge swift implementation

Describing it as an important step forward in the fight against discrimination in Nepal, the National Dalit Commission (NDC), the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Nepal (OHCHR-Nepal) welcome an important judgment in … Continue reading

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Caste-based discrimination in South Asia

The study was commissioned to the International Dalit Solidarity Network by the European Commission in advance of its workshop on Indigenous peoples, minorities and Dalits in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 15-17 June 2009. Caste discrimination is one of the most serious human rights … Continue reading

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UN report: Discrimination based on work and descent

The present final report on the question of discrimination based on work and descent has been prepared pursuant to the resolution 2006/14 in which the Sub-Commission endorsed the Special Rapporteurs’ proposals to organize two regional workshops, one in Asia and one in Africa, … Continue reading

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UN resolution 2000/4: Discrimination based on work and descent

Discrimination based on work and descent Sub-Commission on Human Rights resolution 2000/4  The Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights,             Affirming that, as declared in article 2 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, everyone is entitled … Continue reading

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