Police Reforms : Bangladesh

Overview Policing in the country remains highly centralised, politicised and unaccountable. Along with India and Pakistan, Bangladesh was a part of British India and thus was (and continues to be) governed by the Police Act of 1861.

Multimedia and Social Media

CHRI for long has used both broadcast mediums (radio, TV and the cinemas) and narrow cast mediums to create awareness on policing issues. Radio Series: In 2007, CHRI had run a 13 part radio series at Vividha Bharati Network, covering 29 stations of the Hindi Belt.

Building The Capacity Of Partners & Networking

Mumbai: CHRI’s endeavour is to build the capacity and support existing partners and new partners and also network with new partners when opportunity arises.

Studies and Research

CHRI is conducting research and studies on different aspects of policing.

Police Reforms : India

India (Including Relevant Legislation, Compliance with Supreme Court Directives, Legislative Analysis, Strengthening Police Accountability as ‘read more’ tabs) Each state and union territory of India has its own separate police force.

Police Reforms : South Asia

Bangladesh, India, the Maldives, Pakistan and Sri Lanka make up Commonwealth South Asia. Policing in this particular region contends with diverse societies, violent crime, protracted conflict, poverty, and political unrest.

Police Reform

CHRI's police reforms programme aims to realise increased demand for rights-based police reform and the strengthening of police accountability in the Commonwealth.

Right to Information

Public accountability is one of the essential ingredients of transparent governance. The need for such accountability increases manifold when the institution in subject is a prison.

Urgent Action

While all prison population is vulnerable due to the constraints of incarceration, certain groups of people are particularly vulnerable inside prisons because of their low status in society, their physical or mental vulnerability and lack of recourse available to them.

Monitoring Court Practices

A duty rests on the criminal justice system and particularly the magistrate in the trial courts to safeguard the life and liberty of the accused.