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Apr 22, 2019 In-the-news Access to Information

OPINION | Politicians Flexing Muscles as EVMs Expose the Very Voter Privacy They Were Designed to Protect

April 22, 2019 (news18.com) By: Venkatesh Nayak  “A man without a vote is a man without protection”, said Lyndon Baines Johnson, the 36th US President, arguably the oldest surviving democratic republic on the planet.

Apr 18, 2019 Press-releases

Nusrat killing: A spotlight on sexual violence in Bangladesh

[Bangladesh Prime Minster Sheikh Hasina with Nusrat Jahan Rafi's family on April 15, 2019.

Apr 12, 2019 Press-releases

NCRB releases its latest report on Prison Statistics India (PSI, 2016)

  The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) has published the 22nd edition of the ‘Prison Statistics India, 2016’.

Apr 05, 2019 Publications Access to Information

WORKSHOP ON IMPLEMENTATION OF ACCESS TO INFORMATION for stakeholders in Kenya supported by the Commonwealth Foundation 14-15 Nov 2018

CHRI visited Kenya in November 2018 and conducted one national level workshop in Nairobi in collaboration with Katiba Institute with government representatives and other stakeholders on challenges to the implementation of the Access to Information Act in Kenya.

Apr 05, 2019 Publications Access to Information

WORKSHOP ON IMPLEMENTATION OF ACCESS TO INFORMATION for civil society representatives in Kenya supported by the Commonwealth Foundation 16 Nov 2018

CHRI visited Kenya in November 2018 and conducted a workshop with the representatives from civil society in Nakuru County, Kenya in collaboration with Katiba Institute and MidRift Human Rights Network.

Dec 31, 2018 Publications Prison Reform

Road to Release- Fourth Watch Report on Rajasthan’s Periodic Review Committees

Rajasthan's Periodic Review Committees (PRCs) or Avadhik Samiksha Samitis, established by a government order in 1979, have been pivotal in monitoring pre-trial detention in the state.

Dec 31, 2018 Publications Access to Information

Your Guide to Using The Right to Information Act 2005 (2018)

One of the surest ways of ensuring that the RTI Act 2005 is properly implemented and serves its purpose of making the government more responsive, is for all of us to use it frequently responsibly and effectively. It is with this aim in mind that CHRI has developed this User’s Guide.

Apr 01, 2019 In-the-news Access to Information

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.

Mar 28, 2019 Publications Police Reform

Model Policy for Women in Police in India

  Increasing the numbers and role of women in police has slowly, albeit firmly, gained policy recognition in India.

Mar 28, 2019 Press-releases

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