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.
RIGHTS BEHIND BARS (2020) - Landmark Judicial Pronouncements 2010-2019
This publication contains summaries of several important judicial pronouncements on prisons and prisoners’ rights.
CHRI MAKES AN ORAL STATEMENT AT THE UPR REPORT CONSIDERATION OF KIRIBATI AT THE 45th REGULAR SESSION OF THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
Geneva CHRI delivered a video oral statement at the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Report consideration of Kiribati (Agenda Item 6) at the 45th Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council. CHRI was among the six civil society organisations that intervened during the debate.
CHRI and AALI report highlights police refusal and failure to register complaints of survivors of sexual violence in Uttar Pradesh, India
Sept 29, 2020 New Delhi and Lucknow Rape survivors face multiple barriers in seeking registration of their complaints by the police, blocking their access to justice at the very first stage of the legal system, the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) and Association for Advocacy and Le
Prasar Bharati's Threat to PTI on 'Anti-National Reporting' Did Not Have Board Clearance
Sept 28, 2020 (The Wire.
Barriers in Accessing Justice
This report documents 14 case studies from Uttar Pradesh, India of police refusal and failure to register complaints of survivors of sexual assault.