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A Historical Milestone: The NGO Forum of the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights (ACHPR) Adopts the Resolution on the Protection and Promotion of Communities Discriminated on Work and Descent

In a significant step toward achieving equality and justice, the NGO forum of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (Hereafter referred to as ACHPR) has successfully passed a groundbreaking resolution aimed at “Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Communities Discriminated based on Work and Descent (Hereafter referred to as CDWD)” in the…

Asia Publications

Dakar Draft Declaration

This declaration represents a unified commitment to address discrimination based on work and descent, untouchability, contemporary forms of slavery, and analogous forms of discrimination.

Asia Publications

Discrimination Based on Work and Descent and Untouchability: Global Profile and a Common Framework to Eliminate the Practice

This report provides a common framework emphasizing the need for concerted efforts to eradicate the practice of discrimination based on work and descent worldwide.

Right to Freedom from Segregation Right to Livelihood and Social Security SDG Goal 10 - Reduced Inequalities SDG Goal 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth Stories

Pakistan: Government Scrambles to Cover up an Ugly Story on Manual Sewage Workers

An AFP report mentioned how public bodies specifically reserve menial cleaning jobs for “non-Muslims”. These are jobs for Christians and Hindus. On April 19, the Municipal Corporation of Sialkot showcased sanitation workers utilizing machines to clear obstructed sewage. It was a public relations exercise to combat a stinging AFP report earlier in the month showcasing…

Right to Education Right to Fair Access to Justice SDG Goal 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth Stories

India: Dalit Children go Missing, Get Trafficked or Work for a Living

About 10.1 million children aged between 5 to 14 work in India. Recent deaths in factories in Delhi, home to the country’s capital city points to the enslavement of children in risky factories. A total of 59,262 children were reported to go missing in India in 2020, according to the National Crime Records Bureau’s ‘Crime…