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BROKEN PEOPLE
Caste Violence Against India’s “Untouchables”

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

GLOSSARY

I. SUMMARY

II. RECOMMENDATIONS

III. THE CONTEXT OF CASTE VIOLENCE

IV. THE PATTERN OF ABUSE: RURAL VIOLENCE IN BIHAR AND THE STATE’S RESPONSE

V. THE PATTERN OF ABUSE: SOUTHERN DISTRICT CLASHES IN TAMIL NADU AND THE STATE’S RESPONSE

VI. THE RAMABAI KILLINGS

VII. DISCRIMINATION AND EXPLOITATIVE FORMS OF LABOR

VIII. THE CRIMINALIZATION OF SOCIAL ACTIVISM

IX. ATTACKS ON DALIT WOMEN: A PATTERN OF IMPUNITY

X. FAILURE TO MEET DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL LEGAL OBLIGATIONS TO PROTECT DALITS

XI. CONCLUSION

APPENDIX A: Selected Articles of the Indian Constitution

APPENDIX B: The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes

APPENDIX C: The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes: (Prevention of Atrocities) Rules, 1995

APPENDIX D: The Employment of Manual Scavengers and Construction of Dry Latrines (Prohibition) Act, 1993

APPENDIX E: Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Concluding Observations on Caste

APPENDIX F: Human Rights Committee Concluding Observations on Caste

APPENDIX G: Relevant United Nations Forms and Addresses

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