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May 22, 2019 In-the-news

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.

May 22, 2019 Blog

EVMs and VVPATs: RTI reveals- micro-controller used is not OTP type as claimed by the Election Commission, BEL and ECIL refuse to reveal software audit reports citing national security and commercial confidence

Image courtesy: https://www.news18.com/ May 22, 2019 By: Venkatesh Nayak All seven phases of voting to elect members of the 17th Lok Sabha have been completed. The votes will be counted on 23rd May, 2019.

May 21, 2019 In-the-news Police Reform

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.

May 20, 2019 Press-releases

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

May 16, 2019 Publications Access to Information

CHRI Quarterly Newsletter: April 2019

  Dear readers, We are happy to present the latest newsletter reporting on our activities over the past year, which witnessed both been a continuation of CHRI’s mandate as well as an expansion of its scope.

May 14, 2019 Blog

Women in Police: India needs more than just tokenism by political parties

  By Pavani Nagaraja Bhat,  Project Officer, Police Reforms Programme, CHRI  As of 1 January 2017, the strength of women police in India was 7.28% of the total police.

May 14, 2019 In-the-news

A coalition with common goals may make the best government for a complex nation like India

Like hundreds of millions of Indians, I, too, have voted, exercising my legal, constitutional and fundamental right to pick a party and a candidate of my choice.

May 13, 2019 Publications Prison Reform

Legal Aid for Prisoners: Status Report on the Implementation of Three Schemes in Rajasthan 2019

This report is a follow up on CHRI’s 2016 report titled “Legal Aid for Prisoners: Status Report on the Implementation of Three Schemes in Rajasthan”.

May 13, 2019 Press-releases

Tanzania: CHRI among 38 NGOs calling on states to express concern over human rights situation

  May 13, 2019: Today, CHRI and 37 Tanzanian, African and international human rights organisations have published a letter calling on states to use the next session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) to raise concern over Tanzania’s situation in order to prevent a further deteriorati

Apr 27, 2019 Events

CHRI community training on police and citizens' rights in Khar, Mumbai

  CHRI was invited by the Maharashtra Ghar Kamgaar Vikas Sangathana (MGKVS -- a domestic wokers' union in Khar, Mumbai) to conduct a session on policing and citizens' rights with members of the community in Khar, Mumbai, on 27 April 2019.