Director
Mr VENKATESH NAYAK is associated with CHRI in various capacities since April 2000. Before appointment as Director, CHRI India office, he was Programme Head of our Access to Information Programme since 2005 and was officiating as Director-in-Charge since December 2021. Mr.
Research Consultant (South Asia)
The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI)’s Access to Information (ATI) Programme is seeking to recruit researchers for a short-term project (16 June-15 December 2021) to document the manner of use and the implementation of right to information (RTI) laws in South Asian countries during
CHRI at HRC46: Oral Statement in the UPR Outcome Adoption of Maldives (Agenda Item 6)
16 March 2021, Geneva: CHRI delivered an oral statement in the UPR outcome adoption of Maldives at the 46th Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC). In the statement delivered by Ms.
One year since the arbitrary ban of Maldivian rights group the Maldivian Democracy Network
Today marks one year since the Government of the Maldives arbitrarily shut down the longest serving human rights group in the country, the Maldivian Democracy Network (MDN) and arbitrarily confiscated all of its funds.
Joint Press Statement on the Arbitrary Seizure of Donor Funds from the Maldivian Democracy Network
On June 3, 2020, the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) joined leading international CSOs Civicus, FIDH and Forum- Asia in a statement to draw attention to a joint letter to the Peoples Majlis (Parliament) of the Maldives with regard to the seizure of funds of the Maldi
COVID-19: Jailed Human Rights Defenders Must Be Released Immediately
8 April 2020 Paris, In light of the serious threat posed to prisoners by the rapidly spreading novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, FIDH and its undersigned member organisations recall governments' obligation to ensure the safety and health of detained individuals that are under t
As Maldives returns to Commonwealth, CHRI urges protection of human rights defenders
Feb 04, 2020 New Delhi, India Welcoming the return of the Maldives to the Commonwealth after a three-year break, the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) today urged the island nation to adhere to human rights and adopt the Commonwealth (Latimer House) Principle
Interactions, exercising, exchange of ideas: CHRI RTI-learning programme concludes on a high note
The RTI-Learning Programme organised by CHRI for South Asian delegates from Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, the Maldives and Nepal, concluded on November 29, 2019, The delegates spent five days engaging with each other, discussing the experience of using RTI in their countries; attending sessions from subjec
Interactions, exercising, exchange of ideas: CHRI RTI-learning programme concludes on a high note
The RTI-Learning Programme organised by CHRI for South Asian delegates from Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, the Maldives and Nepal, concluded on November 29, 2019, The delegates spent five days engaging with each other, discussing the experience of using RTI in their countries; attending sessions from subjec
