A human rights and poverty review: EU action in adressing caste-based discrimination

Caste-based discrimination is a serious human rights violation, negatively affecting political, economic, social, cultural and civil rights of approximately 260 million people worldwide.

This brief aims to assess to what extent the EU has integrated the fight against caste-based discrimination into its external relations. Light is shed on the specific situations in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Yemen and the European Union’s actions to address caste-based discrimination in these countries.

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