Heidi links to the newly evolved Charter of Dalit Human Rights- it’s a break from conventions in many ways:

Whereas, Dalits in India are the people of Mother Earth, people from a labouring community, people who believe and live a sustainable life and people who belong to and are rooted to the community. [...]
We demand:

A global effort to be made to abolish untouchability in all its manifestations and its practice to be considered a heinous crime against humanity and be punished in the severest form possible.[...]
We consider:

that the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) as well as other Human Rights treaties have developed a human rights discourse based on individual liberty. For those of us whose life is an eternal struggle for survival it is the security of communities that is paramount.[...]

We are appalled:

that Human Rights violation against Dalits takes place largely in the context of governance, which is the power for allocating resources in India. This allocation of resources causes the most important violation of human rights.