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Access to Justice for Marginalized Dalit People in India: Analyzing the Challenges in Attaining the Sustainable Development Goals

Authors
E. Prema1, *, V. Shyam Sundar2, P.R.L. Rajavenkatesan1
1VIT School of Law- Vellore Institute of Technology Chennai, India
2Chennai Dr. Ambedkar Government Law College, Pudupakkam, India
*Corresponding author. Email: prema.e@vit.ac.in
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E. Prema
Available Online 23 November 2021.
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.211112.056How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Dalit; Indian Constitution; Human Rights; Sustainable Development Goals; United Nations
Abstract

Access to justice is a basic human right of all. Most of the human rights documents have discussed much on non-discrimination prevailed for marginalized Dalit People. Few social evils persist in modern society, such as racial discrimination and caste-based discrimination. India is a diverse society with multi-cultures, different languages, and religions. Caste-based discrimination is one of the ancient practices- a social evil, which could not be eradicated from India. The United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 16 provides access to justice for all, and all the member states have an obligation to achieve it. The Dalit community is the worst affected people in India on caste-based discrimination. The Indian Constitution provides special protection to the Dalit people to achieve the obligations to provide basic human rights. Since lack of education is a wider issue among the Dalits, it has confronted injustice and discrimination in all aspects of their lives. This paper will examine the existing laws in India to protect the Dalits and relevant judicial decisions for the same. As the methodology of the paper, landmark judgments will be utilized under case law analysis. The conclusion will bring out the existing lacunas in the Indian legal system and provide various recommendations to achieve the basic human rights of the Dalits of India.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Law and Human Rights 2021 (ICLHR 2021)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
23 November 2021
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10.2991/assehr.k.211112.056
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2352-5398
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10.2991/assehr.k.211112.056How to use a DOI?
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© 2021 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.
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