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Jan 07, 2016 In-the-news Access to Justice

Delhi top cop attracts rebuke: Wants to brutally beat criminals & shoot alleged rapists on spot

Delhi police commissioner BS Bassi said that the police was nowadays “committed to human rights” but bemoaned that the 1960s and 1970s were a bygone era in which criminals still feared the police, reported the New Indian Express.

Dec 16, 2015 In-the-news Access to Justice

Study reveals ‘Muslim areas of Delhi are less crime-infested’; Crime against women alarming

In the heinous crime map of Delhi, Muslim-dominated neighbourhoods can be termed as ‘brighter’ spots in comparison to other localities of the national capital.

Dec 15, 2015 Press-releases

Praja Foundation and CHRI released their first report on state of policing and Law & order in Delhi

​ Delhi, 15st December, 2015: Praja Foundation and Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) released their first report on state of policing and Law & order in Delhi with the aim to provide a holistic view, in very objective terms relying solely on official data, of the state of crime an

Dec 07, 2015 Blog

Gaiety in the Commonwealth? By Jill Cottrell Ghai and Yash Ghai

It is not easy being gay or lesbian in many countries, formerly British colonies, as in the middle of the nineteenth century Britain imposed on them Victorian attitudes to sex, particularly against homosexuality, through law.

Mar 15, 2012 Staff Articles

Time for Uganda to enact anti-torture legislation

Despite frequent and widespread reports of torture by various human rights bodies, including the Uganda Human Rights Commission and the African Centre for Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture Victims, the actual criminal offence of torture does not exist in Uganda.

May 15, 2013 Staff Articles

Policing & Human Rights: Time for real change in Uganda

A disturbing, constant pattern has been emerging in Uganda according to the annual reports of the Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC).

Apr 27, 2012 Staff Articles

Out of step with reality

At a recent meeting on internal security, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh urged the ministry of home affairs (MHA) and the state governments to "carry forward the police reforms and modernisation to their logical conclusion".

May 18, 2012 Staff Articles

OpEd - Impunity Reigns in India

Once again, it seems India’s pledge to uphold the tenets of human rights has come to nothing. In January this year, Human Rights Watch (HRW) painted a damning picture of the state of human rights in its World Report.