Commonwealth Day 2024: A Call to Action - Strengthening Measures, Fostering Resilience, Upholding Rights

London, Accra, New Delhi: On this day, 11 March 2024, the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) joins Commonwealth Member States, Accredited Organisations and Commonwealth Institutions, in commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Commonwealth.

Long-term Volunteer, Media and Communications

Position: Long-term Volunteer, Media and Communications Location: All locations acceptable Time Commitment:  Flexible, minimum of 10 hours per week.

Had called electoral bonds opaque during launch: Grand Old Party

Feb 16 2023 (newindianexpress.com) BENGALURU: The Congress on Thursday welcomed the Supreme Court judgment striking down the electoral bonds scheme. The Grand Old Party “hoped that the Union Government will stop resorting to mischievous ideas in future”.

Ban on India’s electoral bonds: How will it affect 2024 election?

Feb 16, 2024 (aljazeera.

What Needs to Be Disclosed by March 31: 5 Charts to Gauge the Cash Flow Through Electoral Bonds

Feb 15, 2024 (thewire.in) The Supreme Court has declared electoral bonds, which allowed individuals and companies in India to donate anonymously to political parties, unconstitutional.

RTI: Several states flagged high EVM failure rate to EC ahead of 2019 LS polls

Feb 15, 2024 (indianexpress.

Karnataka cops have a probe budget, but expenses borne by victim

Date: 08 Feb 2024, BENGALURU: Police investigation often involves expenses, but there is little clarity on who is footing the bills.

Train More for Better Transparency in the Railways

(thequint.com) By: Venkatesh Nayak All is not well with the Indian Railways, it seems.

Gujarat, Punjab, Rajasthan don't think deaths in police custody are a serious misconduct

Dec 11, 2023 (Counterview Desk) In its latest assessment of the working of India's Police Complaints Authorities (PCAs), the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) has said in a study that police-public interface is an arena in which a very large number of human rights violations occu

Assam's Amendment to Police Act Has Put Constraints on Holding Misconduct Accountable

(thewire.in) The Himanta Biswa Sarma government’s amendment to the Assam Police Act in 2022 has “severely constrained” enforcing accountability of the police personnel guilty of serious misconduct, a Right to Information (RTI) based study has revealed.