Human Rights Violations Against Dalits

EDM number 1277 in 2002-03, proposed by Jeremy Corbyn on 21/05/2003.

That this House condemns the continued atrocities against Dalits in South Asia, especially in India; recommends, in the light of revelations about the distribution of Gujarat earthquake aid, re-evaluation of development policies, programmes and cooperation agreements and the use of aid on the basis of their effect on Dalit communities; strongly recommends implementation of general recommendations on descent-based discrimination made by the UN Committee for Elimination of Racial Discrimination; and calls upon the Home Office to monitor the activities of the right-wing Hindutva organisations operating in the United Kingdom to ensure that they are not promoting caste and descent-based discrimination and the practice of untouchability.

This motion has been signed by a total of 35 MPs.