Probe allegations of rigging, intimidation: CHRI urges Bangladesh
New Delhi, January 2: A prominent international civil society group today called on the newly-elected government of Sheikh Hasina Wajed in Bangladesh to investigate allegations of vote rigging and intimidation in the recent elections.
Shroud of secrecy over how information officers were chosen
January 1, 2019 || The Telegraph Information commissioner Sudhir Bhargava will be sworn in as the chief information commissioner by President Ram Nath Kovind on Tuesday...
GBA must spearhead the formation and enforcement of Paralegal Act
Dec 31, 2018 || News Ghana The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) Report on “Turn-around Time in Criminal Justice Administration in Ghana” has recommended that the Ghana Bar Association (GBA) leads discussions on enacting and enforcing a Paralegal Act in Ghana.
Report on Roundtable on Pretrial Detention and 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda
On 12th April 2018, CHRI organised a round table discussion on the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda and pre-trial detention. This report documents the discussions that ensued.
Launch of landmark ‘Roadmap’ to end contemporary slavery in the Commonwealth by 2025
7th December 2018 At April’s Commonwealth Summit, a firm commitment was made to “eradicating forced labour, ending modern slavery and human trafficking, and securing the prohibition and elimination of the worst forms of child labour in all its forms by 2025.
SAMDEN calls upon Manipur CM to release journalist and withdraw defamation suit
(Express file photo) To, Mr. N.
Upholding victims’ rights difficult with AFSPA in force: Activists
New Delhi, December 3 Morung Express Renewing calls for scrapping the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) that gives immunity to the military from prosecution for actions in disturbed areas, human rights activists have said that upholding the rights and interests of victims is difficult in
Bringing Them Home, Repatriation of Indian Nationals from Foreign Prisons, A Barrier Analysis
This report has been prepared by the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative in 2017, under its Prison Reforms Programme. Hundreds of thousands of Indian nationals are known to travel abroad irregularly every year and many thousands more by due process.
CHRI letter urging human rights bodies to intervene in case of missing transgender political candidate in Telengana
Photo Credit: AFP To, Mr KC Rao, Chief Minister, Telangana Mr Rajnath Singh, Union Minister of Home Affairs Mr Naini Narshimha Reddy, Telangana Home Minister Mr OP Rawat, Chief Election Commissioner of India Justice H. L. Dattu, Chairman, NHRC Justice Shri B.
CHRI holds validation workshop on “Turn-around Time in Criminal Justice Administration”
Accra, Nov. 22, GNA – The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) has held a validation workshop on a draft report on “Turn-around Time in Criminal Justice Administration in Ghana.