India Code Website: Laws Just a Click Away
India Code Website, which will be a digital version of all central and state laws, is an important first step in ensuring legal empowerment of all citizens Sept 24, 2018 (indialegallive.
Seminar on RTI and Karnataka Public Records Act 2011
Mr. Venkatesh Nayak , Programme Coordinator, Access to Information, CHRI spoke at a seminar on RTI and Karnataka Public Records Act 2011, organised by Karnataka State Information Commission and RTI Study Centre on 23rd September in Bengaluru, Karnataka.
CHRI's Oral Statement at the UPR Outcome of Bangladesh at the UN Human Rights Council (HRC)
39th Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council Date: 20th September 2018 Item 6: UPR Outcome of Bangladesh Oral Statement delivered by Yashasvi Nain on behalf of Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK) and Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI). Thank you, Mr. President.
Concluded: Conference on Defending the Defenders
Mr. Venkatesh Nayak , Programme Coordinator, Access to Information, CHRI moderated the inaugural session on "Attacks on RTI activists" at the day-long conference on Defending the Defenders organised by Human Rights Law Network in Delhi today.
CHRI statement at the UN Human Rights Council 39th Session: Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention, 17 September 2018
39th Regular Session of the Human Rights Council Item 4: Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention Date: 18th September Oral Statement by Mr. Yashasvi Nain in behalf of the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) Thank you, Mr.
CHRI and partner organisations urge UN member states to refrain from voting for candidates that are unfit for membership
To Permanent Representatives of Member States of the UN General Assembly 18 September 2018 Member States of the UN should refrain from voting for candidates to the Human Rights Council that are unfit for membership Excellencies, Ahead of the next UN Human Rights Council (“HRC&
HOPE BEHIND BARS? STATUS REPORT ON LEGAL AID FOR PERSONS IN CUSTODY
This National Legal Aid Report has been prepared based on responses received from Right to Information Applications from 24 states and 5 union territories. The report is divided into two volumes.
RTI Fellowship
In response to CHRI’s call for applications for RTI fellowship advertised in July 2018, seven applications were received. Two of them were incomplete applications, so they were rejected.
Tanzania: Open letter to States for joint action to address crackdown on civic space and prevent a further deterioration of the situation
Excellency, Ahead of the 39th regular session of the UN Human Rights Council (“the Council”), which will be held from 10-28 September 2018, we write to call on your delegation to deliver statements, both jointly and individually, to address the ongoing crackdown on civic space and hum
“There is a genuine issue of illegal immigration in Assam … problem is what is to be done afterwards”
Sep 10, 2018 (The times of India) The recent National Register of Citizens (NRC) exercise in Assam has excluded 40 lakh people from its final draft list.