A STUDY ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND ITS IMPACT ON THE CASTE SYSTEM IN INDIA

AUTHOR – G.ARAVIND, STUDENT AT SAVEETHA SCHOOL OF LAW

BEST CITATION – G.ARAVIND, A STUDY ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND ITS IMPACT ON THE CASTE SYSTEM IN INDIA, INDIAN JOURNAL OF LEGAL REVIEW (IJLR), 4 (3) OF 2024, PG. 164-169, APIS – 3920 – 0001 & ISSN – 2583-2344.

ABSTRACT

This paper analyses the Indian caste system and explores the advent of caste-based discrimination’s recognition as a human rights violation. The Indian Caste System is traditionally one of the major dimensions wherein human beings in India are socially differentiated via class, religion, region, tribe, gender, and language. Although this or different kinds of differentiation exist in all human societies, it will become trouble when one or greater of those dimensions overlap every other and come to be the only foundation of systematic rating and unequal entry to valued assets like wealth, income, strength and prestige. Its records are hugely associated with one of the distinguished religions in India, Hinduism, and have been altered in lots of methods throughout the Buddhist revolution and beneath neath British rule. Dalits (untouchables) were the ones who were severely affected and have been discriminated against for a long time and have since fought for the recognition of equal rights as fellow human beings. Although not quite achieving much awareness for their cause as much as the prevalence of racism, they have made significant but limited advances among international organisations. This paper concludes by stating that International human rights laws should look into the viciousness of caste-based discrimination and not have it be treated akin to racism as it has been proved that casteism is not in any way associated with skin-colour-based discrimination.

Keywords: Caste, values, abolishment, stratification, discrimination.