I. SUMMARY = 1
II. RECOMMENDATIONS = 11
III. THE CONTEXT OF CASTE VIOLENCE = 23
IV. THE PATTERN OF ABUSE: RURAL VIOLENCE IN BIHAR AND THE STATE’S RESPONSE = 42
V. THE PATTERN OF ABUSE: SOUTHERN DISTRICT CLASHES IN TAMIL NADU AND THE STATE’S RESPONSE = 82
VI. THE RAMABAI KILLINGS = 127
VII. DISCRIMINATION AND EXPLOITATIVE FORMS OF LABOR = 139
VIII. THE CRIMINALIZATION OF SOCIAL ACTIVISM = 153
IX. ATTACKS ON DALIT WOMEN: A PATTERN OF IMPUNITY = 166
X. FAILURE TO MEET DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL LEGAL OBLIGATIONS TO PROTECT DALITS = 179
XI. CONCLUSION = 205
APPENDIX A: Selected Articles of the Indian Constitution = 208
APPENDIX B: The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes = 218
APPENDIX C: The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes: (Prevention of Atrocities) Rules, 1995 = 231
APPENDIX D: The Employment of Manual Scavengers and Construction of Dry Latrines (Prohibition) Act, 1993 = 250
APPENDIX E: Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Concluding Observations on Caste = 265
APPENDIX F: Human Rights Committee Concluding Observations on Caste = 272
APPENDIX G: Relevant United Nations Forms and Addresses = 283
II. RECOMMENDATIONS = 11
III. THE CONTEXT OF CASTE VIOLENCE = 23
IV. THE PATTERN OF ABUSE: RURAL VIOLENCE IN BIHAR AND THE STATE’S RESPONSE = 42
V. THE PATTERN OF ABUSE: SOUTHERN DISTRICT CLASHES IN TAMIL NADU AND THE STATE’S RESPONSE = 82
VI. THE RAMABAI KILLINGS = 127
VII. DISCRIMINATION AND EXPLOITATIVE FORMS OF LABOR = 139
VIII. THE CRIMINALIZATION OF SOCIAL ACTIVISM = 153
IX. ATTACKS ON DALIT WOMEN: A PATTERN OF IMPUNITY = 166
X. FAILURE TO MEET DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL LEGAL OBLIGATIONS TO PROTECT DALITS = 179
XI. CONCLUSION = 205
APPENDIX A: Selected Articles of the Indian Constitution = 208
APPENDIX B: The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes = 218
APPENDIX C: The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes: (Prevention of Atrocities) Rules, 1995 = 231
APPENDIX D: The Employment of Manual Scavengers and Construction of Dry Latrines (Prohibition) Act, 1993 = 250
APPENDIX E: Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Concluding Observations on Caste = 265
APPENDIX F: Human Rights Committee Concluding Observations on Caste = 272
APPENDIX G: Relevant United Nations Forms and Addresses = 283