The Global Report on the Status of Communities Discriminated on Work and Descent (CDWD) was released by the Special Rapporteur on Minority Rights on November 28 during Forum on Minority Rights. The report emphasizes the importance of dismantling the purity-pollution paradigm and fostering inclusive societies. Earlier, a copy of global report was also handed over to…
Discrimination on the grounds of work and descent is a pervasive yet frequently unaddressed issue that affects millions around the world. This is executive summary of the Global report on Status of Communities Discriminated on Work and Descent.
This report is an important addition to the discussion around modern forms of slavery. Due to hierarchical and generational discrimination they have faced, communities discriminated on work and descent have been and continue to be subject to forced labour, bonded labour and other contemporary forms of slavery. However, the nexus between these communities and contemporary…
