Geneva: CHRI International Director speaks at Commonwealth Civil Society Seminar
[Pictured: Members of the seminar, including CHRI International Director, Sanjoy Hazarika (extreme left) and Yashasvi Nain, former CHRI lead of the International Advocacy Programme( who joined the Commonwealth Secretariat at Geneva as Human Rights adviser in March 2019 (second from right)] T
Prison Reform : Why Prison Reforms?
Positioned at the very end of the criminal justice system, prisons and prisoners get minimal attention. Intended to keep the convicted away from society, prisons are often places of injustice with little possibility of rehabilitation.
CHRI at the IDLO-UN SDG 16 conference in Rome
CHRI International Director Sanjoy Hazarika attended and spoke at the SDG 16 Conference co-organised by the International Development Law Organization (IDLO) and the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) on 27 - 29 May, 2019 in Rome.
PRESIDENTIAL ASSENT TO THE RIGHT TO INFORMATION ACT: A WELCOME DEVELOPMENT
May 27, 2019 The Coalition on the Right to Information (RTI) Ghana is delighted with the presidential assent given to the Right to Information Act on Tuesday May 21, 2019, by President Nana Akufo-Addo.
'Ghana may legalise same-sex marriage in 2039'
Ghana Web | 24 May 2019 A private legal practitioner, Martin Kpebu has estimated 2039 as a possible timeline to when Ghana may pass or accept same sex marriage in its legal framework.
Review of a book on climate change with a chapter co-authored by CHRI International Director Sanjoy Hazarika
The Third Pole | 21 May 2019 Much of climate change research has, so far, been led by countries in the temperate zone, otherwise known as the global North. This has skewed the perception of the crisis.
A Chronicle of the Crime Fiction That is Adityanath's Encounter Raj
In the last ten months, UP police has conducted four police encounters per day. The Wire met families of 14 people who were killed in these encounters by the police. Read the full story here.
CHRI response to MHA advisory to states mandating filing of FIRs
The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) appreciates and supports the advisory by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on 16 May 2019 on the “failure to record information under Section 154 (1) of CrPC punishable under Section 166A of IPC” issued to the Additional Chi
Read CHRI's written statement submitted to the UN Human Rights Council on right of freedom of assembly in Cameroon (June 2018)
"At the 38th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC), the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) wishes to raise serious concerns over the continued deterioration of human right of &nbs
CHRI urges Government make information on its initiatives easily accessible
Ajumako Assasan (C/R), May 11, GNA: The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI), has called on the Government to as a matter of necessity make information regarding its social intervention programmes aimed at improving the living conditions of people easily accessible to the beneficiaries.