CHRI commends National Human Rights Commission’s move towards greater accessibility
The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) welcomes the decision by the Chairperson, National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) of India, to open up the process of meeting with civil society members and human rights defenders.
CHRI's first annual lecture: Justice Madan Lokur on 'The State of Human Rights and the Limits of Jurisprudence' [2018]
You can read a copy of Justice Lokur's address here.
Pak govt must heed stakeholders’ concerns before establishing new media regulatory authority: SAMDEN
Image: Journal du Cameroun New Delhi, February 10: The South Asia Media Defenders Network (SAMDEN) has urged the Pakistan government to enter a transparent dialogue with media leaders in that country over acute concerns about a proposed new media authority that could potentially render journalist
"The global human rights implementation agenda: The role of national parliaments"
60% of the recommendations under the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) for Commonwealth countries require legislative action.
CHRI seeks changes in SPCA for better efficiency
The Hindu | January 22, 2019 The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) has written to the Chief Minister’s Office and the head of the State Police Complaints Authority (SPCA) seeking several changes in the working of the SPCA and the Maharashta Police (Amendment and Continuation) Act.
How a jailed schizophrenic inspired prison reform in India
Ozy | January 21, 2019 Roy Varghese refused to be called by his name. Instead, he asked fellow inmates in ward No. 10 of India’s Jaipur Central Jail, where he was serving a 10-year sentence for drug trafficking, to call him Hitler Baba Khan.
3,908 foreigners in prisons across India
DNA | January 21, 2019 As many as 871 foreign nationals are languishing in prisons across India for want of confirmation of their nationality. Only 222 out of the 3,908 foreign nationals in jail have received consular access.
CAB likely to strike down BJP’s prospect
BJP and its ruling coalition partners would have to pay heavy price in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls if what the experts dealing with the north eastern affairs say are any indication.
Migrant workers and their misery
Photo:;Nashirul Islam/Dhaka Tribune Dhaka Tribune,;January 13, 2019 Recent Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) intervention and research of proceedings in parliament has revealed that between 2012 and mid-2018 more than 24,570 Indian Workers died in these Gulf countries.
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.