CHRI supports India and South Africa call for COVID-19 vaccine waiver for marginalised and most vulnerable, urges the Commonwealth Secretariat to take lead

Nov 30, 2020New Delhi, India Equity and priority for the marginalised and most vulnerable in all countries must be the lodestone for the distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine when it is ready for mass distribution, the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) said today.

CHRI releases new report on transgender persons in prisons, urges model policy to protect rights

Nov 27, 2020 New Delhi, India The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) today launched a unique report ‘Lost Identity: Transgender Persons Inside Indian Prisons’ which reviews compliance of prisons with existing legal frameworks relevant to protecting the rights of transgende

Kashmiris Struggle With RTI Delays Due To Modi Govt’s Ill-Planned Article 370 Move

A review of two recent CIC orders and interviews with activists show that in Kashmir, an existing RTI system that ensured relatively quicker access to information for local residents has been replaced by a slower process riddled with red tape. Nov 19, 2011 (huffingtonpost.

The visible apathy of invisible commissions: Whither lockdown performance?

Oct 29, 2020 counterview.

CHRI condemns Nigerian crackdown calls for Judicial Commission to investigate violence, initiate police reforms

Oct 23, 2020  New Delhi/Accra The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) condemns the excessive police violence against peaceful protestors in Nigeria and calls on the Government of Nigeria to stop the crackdown that has taken a toll of over 60 lives, ensure accountability for excess

CHRi's Statement On Covid-19 And Contemporary Forms of Slavery Submitted to the 45th Regular Session of the Un Human Rights Council

CHRI submitted a joint written statement on the 'Impact of COVID-19 on Contemporary Forms of Slavery', in collaboration with the Commonwealth 8.7 Network, for the 45th Regular Session of the Human Rights Council.

Human rights groups ask feds for plan to deal with white supremacy in Canada

8 Oct 2020- A coalition of multifaith human rights organizations urged the prime minister Monday to come up with a plan to dismantle white supremacist groups across the country.

Why human rights should guide responses to the global pandemic

6 Oct 2020- What can South Africa's Bill of Rights and international human rights treaties contribute to coronavirus responses and recovery strategies in the country and globally? My central argument is that human rights provide tools to help states build fairer societies and economies.

People with mental health conditions living in chains

6 Oct 2020- Hundreds of thousands of people with mental health conditions are shackled around the world, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.

International Director's Message on the Release of Second Edition of Rights Behind Bars

The second edition of Rights Behind Bars (RBB), a resource that aims to carry the rights based jurisprudence developed by Constitutional Courts, behind bars, comes a decade after the first report which was launched in 2009.