Experts Call for Accountability in UN Human Rights Council: CHRI report on Pakistan, Kenya, Australia, UK, Rwanda, South Africa and Nigeria released
Geneva -- Citing the poor quality of compliance by Commonwealth countries with their international commitments at the UN Human Rights Council (HRC), human rights experts and civil society groups strongly attacked what they called the ‘undemocratic practice’ of clean slate elections at th
Easier Said Than Done 2018
Pledges and Performance: Holding Commonwealth members to account at HRC Since the inception of the Human Rights Council (HRC), the Easier Said Than Done (ESTD) series has reviewed Commonwealth member states’ performance at the HRC.
Africa leg aid report urges prosecution of former Gambian dictator
May 20, 2018 (Modernghana.
Is the Commonwealth a plausible substitute for the EU?
WHENrepresentativesoftheCommonwealth’s53countriesmeetinLondonandatWindsorCastlenextweek,anarrayofrosystatisticswillbebandiedabout.Theorganisationembracesathirdoftheworld’speople,aquarteroftheUN’smembershipandafifthofthegloballandmass.
SDG 8.7
Strengthening the Commonwealth to achieve SDG 8.7 The 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were adopted by all UN Member States in 2015. Under SDG Target 8.
COMMONWEALTH HUMAN RIGHTS INITIATIVE (CHRI) INTERNSHIP AND STIPENDIARY OPPORTUNITIES FOR RESEARCH AND ADVOCACY ON PUBLIC INTEREST LAW ISSUES
CHRI is an independent, non-partisan, international non- governmental organization. We work for the practical realisation of human rights of ordinary people in the Commonwealth.
Cry freedom: long road to open journalism in the Commonwealth
March 30, 2017 Hostility to press freedom and journalistic independence is growing across the Commonwealth and journalists face increasing obstruction and even physical danger.
Rwanda passes Access to Information law
On 11 March, Rwanda officially became the 11th country in Africa and the 94th country globally to adopt a comprehensive Access to Information law.