Universal declaration of human rights

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.
They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act
towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood. (Universal
declaration of human rights;Article1). Everyone is entitled to all
the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without
distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language,
religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin,
property, birth or other status.(Article 2). Everyone has the right
to life, liberty and security of person.(Article 3) No one shall be
subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
or punishment.(article 5). Everyone has the right to recognition
everywhere as a person before the law.(Article 6). All are equal
before the law and are entitled without any discrimination to
equal protection of the law. All are entitled to equal protection
against any discrimination in violation of this Declaration and
against any incitement to such discrimination.(Article 7) No one
shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile.(article 9).
No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his
privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his
honour and reputation. Everyone has the right to the protection of
the law against such interference or attacks.(Article 12) Men and
women of full age, without any limitation due to race, nationality
or religion, have the right to marry and to found a family. They are
entitled to equal rights as to marriage, during marriage and at its
dissolution.(Article 16;1). No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of
his property(Article 17;2). Everyone, as a member of society, has
the right to social security and is entitled to realisation, through
national effort and international cooperation and in accordance
with the organisation and resources of each State, of the
economic, social and cultural rights indispensable for his dignity
and the free development of his personality.(Article 22). Everyone
has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and
favourable conditions of work and to protection against
unemployment..(Article 23;1)Everyone, without any
discrimination, has the right to equal pay for equal work.(Article
23;2) Everyone who works has the right to just and favourable
remuneration ensuring for himself and his family an existence
worthy of human dignity, and supplemented, if necessary, by
other means of social protection.(Article 23;3) Everyone has the
right to education(Article 26). Everyone has the right freely to
participate in the cultural life of the community(Article 27)

In spite of above mentioned declarations for the overall

development of physical and mental wellbeing in human society,
Discriminatory and cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment of a
vast global population has been justified on the basis of caste. In
much of Asia and parts of Africa, caste is the basis for the
definition and exclusion of distinct population groups by reason of
their descent. Over 250 million people worldwide continue to
suffer under what is often a hidden apartheid of segregation,
modern-day slavery, and other extreme forms of discrimination,
exploitation, and violence. Caste imposes enormous obstacles to
their full attainment of civil, political, economic, social, and
cultural rights.( CASTE DISCRIMINATION: A GLOBAL CONCERN Vol.
13, No. 3(G) 2001,pg 2)

The caste system has existed very extensively in Nepal and India
in particular, but its varied forms also can be found at different
times in places like Burma, Persia, Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, Sri Lanka,
parts of Africa and ancient Egypt, Greece, Japan and Rome
(Hocart 1950; McCord and McCord 1977; 36-37). The remarkable
longevity, rigidity, sharp social stratification of the caste system,
however is found in nowhere else but Nepal and India (pandey
1986:1-15).
Caste is unique to Hinduism which deems it a sacred institution,
and is found among the majority in two states, India and Nepal,
and among minority Hindu populations in South Asia.(caste based
discrimination in international human rights law, David
Kaene,2007,pg 274)

The prejudice on the basis of race, ethnicity, religion, gender, age

and caste is a bane of all human societies. If a person or class of
persons are differentiated on the basis of race, nationality,
religion, gender. Age and caste, he or she or they will not be able
to live like human beings. It will have an adverse impact on his
educational, social, religious, cultural, and political as well as
physical advancement. The discrimination or prejudice on any one
or more of the above grounds will lead to subjection of one person
by another which will result into curtailment of all his freedom,
liberties and basic necessities which will hamper all round
development of concerned human beings, besides , forcing him to
lead a life of servitude without any honor and dignity.

The large sections of people in our country are still facing the
harsh life on the basis of caste system as construct by social
structure in Nepal. large population of our country has been
deprived of these essential facilities, requirements and
opportunities due to caste based discrimination.