A GLOBAL CONCERN

A Report by Human Rights Watch for the United Nations World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance. Durban, South Africa, September 2001.

Summary And Recommendations - in French

II. CASTE AND THE WORLD CONFERENCE AGAINST RACISM, RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, XENOPHOBIA AND RELATED INTOLERANCE 

III. RECOMMENDATIONS 

IV. BACKGROUND  "Untouchability" and Segregation 
Earthquake in Gujarat: Caste and its Fault-Lines 
Caste and Marriage 
Caste and Labor 
Debt Bondage and Slavery 
Caste and Socio-Economic Disparities 
Access to Education 
Access to Land 
Political Representation and Political Rights 
Physical and Economic Retaliation 
Caste and Gender 
Caste and the South Asian Diaspora 
Failure to Implement Domestic and International Law  V. CONCLUSION 

VI. Acknowledgments 

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