The CASTE-BASED DISCRIMINATION in international human rights law is addressed by:
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B.
1. The International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD) was adopted on 21 December 1965 and entered into force on 4 January 1969.
2. Article 1 CERD defines 'racial discrimination' as distinction, exclusion, restriction or preference based on race, colour, descent, or national or ethnic origin.
3. The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, in General Recommendation No. 29 (2002), CLARIFIED that the term 'DESCENT' includes CASTE-BASED DISCRIMINATION.
4. The Committee has urged India to recognise caste as a form of discrimination under CERD; India has resisted this characterisation.
5. India ratified CERD on 3 December 1968.
6. Hence option B is correct.
_Source: International HR Treaties + Indian Constitutional Jurisprudence — International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination 1965 (CERD); General Recommendation No. 29 (2002)_
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