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Easier Said Than Done (ESTD) Report based on the 41st Session of the UN Human Rights Council
The ESTD series, which was started in 2008, is researched and produced by CHRI’s International Advocacy and Programming (IAP) team.
Police inaction at JNU is complicity: CHRI calls for a judicial inquiry
Jan 09, 2019 New Delhi Denouncing the Delhi Police for its complicity in the violence unleashed at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) on the night of January 5, the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) calls for a judicial inquiry to fully establish the perpetrators of the violence and t
‘Why don’t they protest for better police force?’
Dec 22, 2019 (Deccan Herald) Reforms and delays in the justice delivery system were recurring subjects at a discussion on ‘Encounter deaths, police reforms and human rights’ organised here on Saturday by the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative and the Karnataka State Human Rights
Dy Chairman Rajya Sabha launches CHRI publications, calls for legal awareness, media partnerships
December 17, 2019 New Delhi, India The Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha has called for media partnerships with civil society and stakeholders, especially vulnerable groups, to help develop legal literacy and understanding of fundamental rights.
CHRI demands swift investigation of violence in Jamia Millia, AMU, Says NHRC must act 'decisively'
Dec 16, 2019 New Delhi, India The tragic set of events in South Delhi yesterday evening, marked by severe violence, demands strict action against the police personnel who were complicit in perpetrating the violence against the students of Jamia Millia Islamia University.
Encounter needs robust investigation, police accountability and strict compliance with Supreme Court guidelines, legal procedures: CHRI
7 December 2019 New Delhi, India The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) today called on the Telangana Police and state government to ensure exhaustive, impartial, and independent investigations into the police shooting of the four suspects in the Hyderabad gangrape and mur
CHRI's 3rd Annual Film Festival
The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) organised its third annual film festival on human rights on December 10th-11th at M.L. Bhartia Auditorium, Alliance Francaise de Delhi. Our theme this year was - Article 19: Freedom of Expression.
The Northeast, India’s volatile periphery
Nov 21, 2019 (Nationalia.info) Surrounded by five countries and connected to the rest of India by a tiny corridor between Bhutan and Bangladesh, the Northeast symbolizes the distant and forgotten periphery of New Delhi.
CHRI, CSNSR in Odisha launch new report on Crime and Policing
The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) and Centre for the Sustainable Use of Natural and Social Resources (CSNSR) have launched "The State of Crime and Policing in Odisha: Results of a Study Conducted in Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Jajpur and Kandhamal” on 7th Novembe