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III. THE CONTEXT OF CASTE VIOLENCE
IV. THE PATTERN OF ABUSE: RURAL VIOLENCE IN BIHAR AND THE STATE’S RESPONSE
V. THE PATTERN OF ABUSE: SOUTHERN DISTRICT CLASHES IN TAMIL NADU AND THE STATE’S RESPONSE
VII. DISCRIMINATION AND EXPLOITATIVE FORMS OF LABOR
VIII. THE CRIMINALIZATION OF SOCIAL ACTIVISM
IX. ATTACKS ON DALIT WOMEN: A PATTERN OF IMPUNITY
X. FAILURE TO MEET DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL LEGAL OBLIGATIONS TO PROTECT DALITS
APPENDIX A: Selected Articles of the Indian Constitution
APPENDIX B: The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
APPENDIX C: The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes: (Prevention of Atrocities) Rules, 1995
APPENDIX E: Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Concluding Observations on Caste
APPENDIX F: Human Rights Committee Concluding Observations on Caste
APPENDIX G: Relevant United Nations Forms and Addresses