Date of the first review 10 avril 2008
The troika consisted of Indonesia, the Netherlands and Ghana.
Several points in the report deal with education, in particular concerning discriminations on the basis of castes (points 30. 31, 33)
The right to education is dealt with at the points 16, 53, 70
Education for women at the points 59, 60.
Child labor at the point 66
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The following NGOs have submitted reports
Several points of the summary deal with the right to education
Point 9 : MIDRA (International Movement against All Forms of Discrimination and Racism − IMADR) and the Lutheran World Federation − LWF underline that the lack of detailed statistics on some aspects of discrimination based on caste hinders in depth analysis and targeted planning. This can lead to more discrimination against Dalits concerning the right to land, housing, health, education and employment.
10. The Society for Threatened Peoples − STP indicated that despite constitutional guarantees, scheduled tribes or adivasis have been hit by several types of discrimination over generations. Thus, the situation of these peoples concerning health, education, food security and political representation is particularly bad.
41 The Youth Coalition for Sexual and Reproductive Rights indicated that most schools don't provide any form of sexual education and recommended that India launched a complete program on this subject in all schools, be they public or private.
45. KIIR notes that in Kashmir 80% of schools are occupied by the Indian army. Because people fear the army, they don't want to send their children to school. AAI mentions that although law forbids the hand removal of excrements since 1993, this is still practiced by 1,2 million people. As soon as families stop the practice, they are refused the aid for schooling of their children which is provided by the program for the children of families practicing unhealthy pofessions. Thus, some children must give up school, especially girls.
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Of the 18 recommendations to India, 5 have been accepted. The remaining 13, which comprise those on education (n. 13 and 18), have received an unclear answer.
13. Strengthen human rights education, specifically in order to address effectively the phenomenon of gender-based and caste-based discrimination (Italy);
18. Continue efforts to allow for a harmonious life in a multi-religious, multi-cultural, multi-ethnic and multi-lingual society and to guarantee a society constituting one-fifth of the world’s population to be well fed, well housed, well cared for and well educated (Tunisia).”
Download HRC Recommendations http://www.upr-info.org/IMG/pdf/Recommendations_India_2008.pdf
Follow-up: NGO reports - Working Group on Human Rights in India and the UN (2011)
Joint written statement* submitted by the Habitat International Coalition, the Asian Centre for Human Rights, the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, nongovernmental organizations in special consultative status http://www.upr-info.org/IMG/pdf/a_hrc_17_ngo_50_wg_on_hr_in_india_and_the_un_2011.pdf