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European Parliament on Caste Discrimination

On April 6 the European Parliament adopted its report on Human Rights in the World 2003. The report contains the following paragraphs on caste discrimination:

- Reiterates its call on the Commission and the Council to strongly support initiatives to promote and enhance the fight against caste discrimination in all relevant United Nations Fora; and calls on the Commission and the Council to ensure that the issue of caste discrimination and policies to combat this wide-spread form of racism, is properly addressed in all country strategy papers, mid-term reviews of these and communications on countries affected by it.

- Deplores that no action has been taken by the Commission and the Council to enhance the political and human rights dialogue with caste afflicted countries on the issue of the continued dehumanising practice of caste discrimination, and that the effectiveness of EU's human rights policy in terms of addressing caste discrimination still remains to be assessed.

On 4^th September 2003 the European Parliament adopted its resolution on human rights in the world in 2002 and European Union's human rights policy (2002/2011(INI))

The following paragraphs on caste discrimination were included:
62. Calls on the Commission, the Council and the Member States to strongly support initiatives to promote and enhance the fight against caste discrimination in all relevant United Nations fora, particularly UN human rights bodies, the ILO and the World Bank, and to promote the call for a Special Rapporteur on caste discrimination;

162. Calls on the Council and the Commission to address and take concrete measures on the issue of caste discrimination in political dialogues and in EU development and trade cooperation with the countries concerned; calls for the establishment of bilateral consultative mechanisms on the issue and support for the emancipation of the Dalits through external assistance programmes; urges the EU to avail of every opportunity to ensure that the General Recommendation XXIX on Descent-based Discrimination, adopted by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination in August 2002 be given the widest recognition in terms of implementation;

163. Calls on the Council to include in its human rights report an analysis on caste-based discrimination, as well as factual reports and a critical assessment of the effectiveness of the EU's Human Rights Policy in terms of addressing caste discrimination;

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European Parliament on Caste Discrimination

On April 6 the European Parliament adopted its report on Human Rights in the World 2003. The report contains the following paragraphs on caste discrimination:

On 4th September 2003 the European Parliament adopted its resolution on human rights in the world in 2002 and European Union's human rights policy (2002/2011(INI))

On 4^th September 2003 the European Parliament adopted its resolution on human rights in the world in 2002 and European Union's human rights policy (2002/2011(INI))