That the Parliament affirms that every person in Scotland deserves to live, work and learn free from discrimination based on their descent and stands in solidarity with Dalit, Other Backward Class (OBC), Adivasi and caste-oppressed communities in Scotland that, it believes, continue to face the harm of casteism in their daily lives; recognises that the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination affirms that caste discrimination is a form of racial discrimination and a form of descent-based discrimination, placing clear obligations on the UK Government under international human rights law, and that the Scottish Government has both a legal and moral duty to honour those obligations; celebrates the profound intellectual, cultural and civic contributions that Dalit, OBC, Bahujan and caste-oppressed communities have made to Scotland, and to the world; honours the legacy of anti-caste thinkers and movements, including Dr B.R. Ambedkar, Periyar E.V. Ramasamy, Jyotirao and Savitribai Phule and Ayyankali, whose struggles for dignity, equality and rational social order, it believes, resonate deeply with Scotland’s own traditions of democratic radicalism and social justice; believes that this rich tradition of anti-caste thought, resistance and scholarship deserves a recognised and celebrated place in Scotland’s educational and cultural life and that fostering awareness of it would enrich our schools, universities and public institutions; notes that caste is a system of hereditary social stratification rooted in descent, which has operated across South Asia for millennia and has been carried from there into diaspora communities across the world, including communities in Scotland; understands that caste discrimination exists in various forms within diaspora communities from South Asia and manifests as exclusion and social segregation in the workplace, in the provision of services, in housing and in education, leading to harassment, bullying and harm against Dalit, OBC, Adivasi or caste-oppressed people or groups; recognises that a 2016 survey by the Anti-Caste Discrimination Alliance found that 58% of respondents from South Asian backgrounds were aware of caste discrimination in the UK and that Dalit students face bullying and exclusion in schools, with caste-oppressed individuals also encountering significant barriers in hiring and career advancement; notes that section 9 of the Equality Act 2010, as amended, currently requires the UK Government to introduce secondary legislation to make caste an aspect of race, thereby making caste discrimination a form of race discrimination, yet this secondary legislation has not been brought forward, which, it believes, is leaving affected communities in Scotland reliant on uncertain and evolving case law rather than the clear, explicit protection that they deserve; believes that the current legal ambiguity reinforces the perception that caste issues cannot be resolved in courts and discourages people from bringing cases forward, due to financial costs and fears of reprisals within diaspora communities, and that explicitly naming caste in equality law would provide greater confidence that caste-based discrimination would be taken seriously; further believes that Scotland’s public institutions, including schools, colleges, universities, NHS boards, local authorities and public employers, have insufficient awareness of casteism and of their existing duties under the Equality Act 2010 to prevent it and that closing this knowledge gap is both a matter of legal compliance and a mark of respect for affected communities; agrees that tackling casteism is not only a matter of preventing harm, but of actively building a Scotland in which the cultures, histories and intellectual traditions of all its communities are known, valued and celebrated; calls on the Scottish Government to, work with Education Scotland to develop guidance and curricular resources to ensure that students and educators understand casteism and the inspiring history of anti-caste movements, provide clear guidance to public bodies on caste discrimination as a dimension of their existing equality duties, and urge the UK Government to exercise the power under section 9 of the Equality Act 2010 to make caste an explicit and named aspect of the protected characteristic of race and ensure that Dalit, OBC, Adivasi and caste-oppressed communities in Scotland are meaningfully and respectfully consulted on the design of any policies and educational materials that affect them.