CHRI invited by the North-Eastern Police Academy, Meghalaya, to be part of the Training Module on 'Human Rights in Prison Administration'
CHRI's Prison Reforms Programme was invited by the North-Eastern Police Academy, Meghalaya, to be part of the Training Module on 'Human Rights in Prison Administration'.
Can Changes to RTI Act Make Information Commissions Citizen-friendly?
Oct 14, 2019 By Shikha Chhibbar (caravandaily.com) The passing of the Right to Information (RTI) Act in 2005 was hailed as a major empowering tool for the citizens of India to get information from the public authorities at a minimum effort.
Agra Central Prison refuses details of J&K detenues under the RTI Act calling it "third party" information
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CHRI asks Maldives to cancel revocation of civil society group license
Oct 12, 2019 New Delhi, India Terming Maldives Government action against a prominent civil society group as “excessive and arbitrary”, the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) today urged the Maldives to restore the license of the Maldivian Democracy Network (MDN)
Pakistan: Poor and marginalized suffer disproportionately from capital punishment
FIDH - International Federation for Human Rights and its member organization in Pakistan Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) Joint press release Pakistan: Poor and marginalized suffer disproportionately from capital punishment Click here to read the report: https://bit.
MHA confirms restrictions in J&K are only in the mind: RTI reveals it has no papers about shutdown orders even as Kerala High Court says internet access is a fundamental right
Image courtesy: https://scroll.in/ Oct 06, 2019 By: Venkatesh Nayak It has been more than three months since several parts of the State of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) are without access to mobile telephony and Internet.
Programme Officer, Access to Information Programme
The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) is an independent, non-partisan, non-profit, non-governmental organisation working for human rights across the Commonwealth.
The Right To Information-Ghana's Journey (1992-2019)
Several international and regional instruments and declarations that Ghana is party to, provide for the enactment of freedom of information legislation. The Universal Declaration on Human Rights and Article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights are examples.
A searing portrait of how NRC has Assam locked in a time warp
Sept 15, 2019 (THE ASIAN AGE) By: Sanjoy Hazarika This new book on Assam is perfectly timed. Without beating about the bush, or indulging in the usual pleasantries and sweeping generalisations, Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty goes to the core of the major issues before her home state.
Trafficking in Pacific will end only if Govts and CSOs work together: CHRI
Sept 12, 2019 Geneva With moving testimony about the challenges of rising human trafficking and contemporary forms of slavery, civil society leaders from Fiji and Vanuatu called on governments and international stakeholders here to work with civil society in the Pacific to address the issue an