South Asia Media Defenders Network (SAMDEN) International Convening, 2018
Cognisant of the need to address growing pressure on freedom of speech and expression in South Asia, increasing attacks on media workers and professionals and recognising that such freedoms are indivisible and know no political boundaries, in 2018, journalists from across this geography ca
RTI Trumps Over Official Secrets – But Govt Remains Unyielding
MoneyLife | 22 March 2019 States Venkatesh Nayak, RTI research scholar and programme coordinator of the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI). "Several government-appointed committees including the H. D.
‘Death by stoning’ penalty draws CHRI demand to revoke Brunei membership
Istana Nurul Iman, the official residence of the Sultan of Brunei, Hassanal Bolkiah, and the seat of the Brunei government New Delhi, April 1: Brunei Darussalam’s plan to introduce the death penalty by stoning for same sex relations and adultery has triggered a call from a leading Comm
Assemblies urged to make information on LEAP very accessible
The World News, Ghana | March 29, 2019 The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI), has called on Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies to ensure that information about the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) programme is made easily accessible to everyone.
Police depts need to proactively change processes to ensure gender equity, CHRI’s latest report shows
New Delhi, March 28: Calling for a significant surge in women recruitment in the police as a lever to push for police reforms, change public perceptions and improve good governance, NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant declared today that this would “radically” transform policing i
In historic move, Ghanian President signs into law the Right to Information Act
Ghana’s president Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on May 21 signed into law the Right To Information (RTI) Act, about two months after Parliament passed it.
Concluded event: CHRI's second Annual Lecture on Human Rights
Ms. Vrinda Grover, well-known lawyer, researcher and human rights activist, delivered the lecture on "From Impunity to Accountability -- Unraveling the Labyrinth of the Hashimpura killings (1987-2018)." on Friday, March 29, 2019.
Concluded event: Launch of report on 'Model Policy on Women in Police'
The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI)'s Police Reforms team on March 28 launched its latest report, the "Model Policy on Women in Police" on Thursday, 28 March 2019 in New Delhi.
Reality of impunity, rhetoric of human rights
Maja Daruwala & Devika Prasad | The Hindu, March 20, 2019 In May 2017, addressing representatives from countries at the UN’s Human Rights Council, the then Attorney General of India said, “The concept of torture is completely alien to our culture and it has no place in the governa
Police investigating themselves violates natural justice - CHRI
GhanaWeb | March 18, 2019 A human rights advocate says the police are “being a judge and a jury in their own cause” when they investigate complaints against some of their men.