The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) welcomes the decision by the Chairperson, National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) of India, to open up the process of meeting with civil society members and human rights defenders. According to the Commission’s recent notice, visitors can now seek appointments in writing to the office of the Chair or by email to chair.nhrc@nic.in.

We appreciate the Commission’s efforts to become more accessible and hope that this will be sustained and result in better coordination with human rights groups on the ground, impacting the rights situation in India. 

CHRI remains committed to working with the NHRC and civil society groups on issues of defending human rights, transparency, and good governance.