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Apr 30, 2020 In-the-news

Sanjoy Hazarika sheds light on ‘new normal’

Session centre around lockdown, its impact globally (Tribune News Service) April 29, 2020 A lot of people have been probably asking about a term, new normal, during the lockdown, which has been extended again in Punjab.

Apr 27, 2020 In-the-news International Advocacy and Programming

Coalition Against Torture: Government officials should be accountable for excessive use of force, ill-treatment during COVID-19 lockdown

April 23, 2020 (amnesty.org.

Apr 27, 2020 In-the-news

Listening, leading and learning at the UN Human Rights Council: A Commonwealth story

  22 April 2020 By Sanjoy Hazarika, international director of the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI), and convenor of the Working Group on Human Rights in India and the UN Image: Anne Pakoa (Vanuatu Human Rights Coalition), Turenga Nakalevu (Homes of Hope), Sanjoy Hazari

Apr 20, 2020 In-the-news Access to Information

Why Is the Police Stonewalling The Wire’s RTI Queries on the Delhi Violence?

April 20, 2020 (The wire) In February, one video that went viral on social media showed five young men, badly injured and lying on the roadside, being brutally beaten by policemen who were forcing them to sing the national anthem.

Apr 17, 2020 Blog

Combating Coronavirus in Small States: Leaving No One Behind – International Frameworks and the Threat to ESC Rights in SIDS

April 16, 2020 (Island Rights Initiative) By: Sarthak Roy The global Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has created an unprecedented situation across the world with states struggling to treat infected persons and contain the spread of the virus, which has no known cure as yet.

Apr 16, 2020 Resources

Access to Justice During Covid-19

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Apr 08, 2020 In-the-news International Advocacy and Programming

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

Apr 08, 2020 Publications Prison Reform

COVID-19 and Prisons in the Commonwealth: ‘Ensuring an Effective Response'

With the rising spread of the pandemic COVID-19 across the Commonwealth and globally, this document has been prepared to assist governments, prison departments, judiciary, legal services institutions and other stakeholders to undertake effective measures to ensure protection of all prisone

Apr 08, 2020 Publications Police Reform

CHRI releases Guidelines to Police on Respecting Human Rights while Enforcing the Lockdown

With the rising spread of the pandemic COVID-19 , this document has been prepared by the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative  which proposes actionable measures to assist police departments across India to implement the critical task of enforcing the current nationwide lockdown within the Cons

Apr 08, 2020 Publications Prison Reform

Jail Mail: COVID-19 and Prisons in the Commonwealth ‘Ensuring an Effective Response’

Through this issue of Jail Mail, CHRI shares a note – COVID-19 and Prisons in the Commonwealth: ‘Ensuring an Effective Response’ addressed to the executive, judiciary, legal service providers and human rights institutions, on precautions to be taken inside prisons and measures to b