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Feb 19, 2018 Events

CHRI CHOGM report launch

Since 1991 the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative launches has launched a seminal report on a major human rights issue facing the Commonwealth. In 2018 the report will lool at the Commonwealth and SDG8.7.

Feb 19, 2018 Events

Reengaging with the Commonwealth: Gambia and Zimbabwe

Chair: David White, Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative Gambia: Speaker: Mr Yankuba Darboe, Manager of Kibaaro TV, and managing editor, Kibaaro Newspaper, London (TBC) Zimbabwe: Speakers: Dr Sue Onslow, Deputy Director, Institute of Commonwealth Studies Dr Winston Mano, Head, African

Feb 19, 2018 Events

The Big Picture on Small States

The Commonwealth is a champion of small states, at the forefront of policy, research, and advocacy. Nowhere is this more evident than its leadership on climate change.

Feb 19, 2018 Events

Reducing Pre-Trial Detention

The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative is bringing together several experts on penal reform and pre-trial detention toward a) exchanging best practice to reduce pre-trial detention and b) building collaboration on joint advocacy on the issue with particular emphasis on the countries of the commonw

Feb 19, 2018 Events

Building Trust to Break Down Extremism

  Bad policing is often underlying urban violence and violent extremism, while public opinion often favours exactly this type of policing.

Feb 19, 2018 In-the-news Access to Information

Tax payers foot bill for fine imposed on govt officer by CIC

Disregarding provisions of the RTI Act, the government’s currency printing press reimbursed from the state exchequer the amount paid for a penalty imposed on one of its officers by the Central Information Commission, shifting the burden of what was a personal liability to tax payers.

Feb 16, 2018 Events

International Logo Design Competition

In April 2018, the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) will be 30.

Feb 15, 2018 Events

A brown bag session with David page

Mr David Page, a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London and Co-director of the Media South Asia Project, who was formerly with the BBC, visited CHRI for a Brown Bag Lunch discussion.

Feb 13, 2018 Press-releases

CHRI organises Training Programme for Commonwealth Small States in Geneva

February 12 , 2018 Geneva, A number of Commonwealth Small States have participated in the first-ever training programme on the UN Human Rights Council (HRC), the premier human rights body consisting of 47 member states responsible for promoting human rights in Geneva.

Feb 12, 2018 Press-releases

Remembering Asma Jahangir: A CHRI Tribute

Feb 12, 2018 New Delhi, India The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) today described Asma Jahangir, the courageous Pakistani human rights defender, who passed away yesterday as a "conscience keeper for the whole of South Asia", recalling her struggle for "principle and