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Among some Asian communities, to guard the honour of a clan, marriages take place within the biradari system, a social caste system that divides people into separate communities and combines caste and honour with notions of total loyalty to the clan.

[...] [...] from poor women, such as gangs, money lenders, and by the feudal and gender hierarchy and caste systems.

In India, the overwhelming majority of bonded labour victims in agriculture, brickmaking, mining and other sectors were from scheduled castes and scheduled tribes.

If such charges are higher than the one-time charge of a fixed amount at border crossings, the guarantee system loses its advantages.

[...] [...] and discrimination based on work and descent, including discrimination based on caste and analogous [...]

[...] [...] discrimination based on caste and analogous systems of inherited status, the Special Rapporteur stressed that the vital first step was recognition by States [...] [...]

[...] [...] and state legislatures of persons who promote feelings of enmity or hatred between different classes of the citizens of India on grounds of religion, [...]

[...] entitled "Hindu Castes and Sects" (Calcutta, 1896).

[...] [...] and functioning of the justice system; existence of racial profiling and police violence; [...] [...]

[...] [...] descriptions by race, caste, place of origin, political opinions, colour, creed or sex whereby persons of one such description are subjected to disabilities or restrictions to which persons of another [...] [...]

[...] [...] combat widespread poverty that affects the whole population, regardless of origin or caste.

At the sixth special session of the General Assembly in 1974, States Members of the United Nations solemnly proclaimed their “united determination to work urgently for the Establishment of a New International Economic Order based on equity, sovereign equality, interdependence, common interest and cooperation among all States, irrespective of their economic and social systems which shall correct inequalities and redress existing injustices, make it possible to eliminate the widening gap between the developed and the developing countries and ensure steadily accelerating economic and social development and peace and justice for present and future generations” (resolution 3201 (S-VI)).

(k) Voice and to defend by all legal and peaceful means any kind of oppression, victimization, discrimination and abuse of any rights on the grounds of religion, caste, political belief, sex, age or any other factor.

[...] [...] international economic regimes (World Trade [...] [...]

The development guidelines emphasise the need to develop a system that allows shortcomings in a child’s environment to be noticed and eliminated as early as possible, as well as measures aimed at preventing dropping out from basic school.

While results-based management is still a work in progress within the United Nations, the Secretariat is committed to its full implementation, as that element, together with risk management, are core components of an effective accountability system to which the Secretary-General is firmly committed.

[...] [...] the faithful performance of caste-duties, it proclaims Krishna to be the superior personal all-god who, by the bestowal of special grace helps on his votaries to the attainment of eternal bliss.

They suggested that bringing such a concern to UNESCO’s General Conference could lead to examining eventually the possibility of transforming the nature of CR. Other suggestions that emerged related to ensuring that the States’ reports reflect the reality on the ground and are of quality; to standardization of reports and publicizing them so as to bring the two reporting systems closer; to actively involving UNESCO’s National Commissions in the State reporting and the follow-up; and to drawing upon human rights institutions which play a major role at the country level, etc.