CHRI helps kick start a broad coalition for democratic policing in Tanzania
Aug 1, 2017 By Uladzimir Dzenisevich Over the last decade CHRI has been working to advance democratic policing model across the Commonwealth countries.
CHRI contributes chapter on SDG16 in 'Civil Society Report on SDGs: Agenda 2030
Trinanjan Radhakrishnan, Programme Officer in the SIP speaking at the launch of the report, on the 6th of July 2017, at the Constitution Club of India. 'Civil Society Report on SDGs: Agenda 2030', was an initiative anchored by Wada Na Todo Abhiyan.
How Mobile Data Collection Can Aid Prison Reform
July 26, 2016 By: Jordan Lerner, Sanghmitra Singh There is a death inside an Indian prison every 5.5 hours. The suicide rate inside these institutions is 40 percent higher than that on the outside.
One day interactive workshop on J&K RTI Act
One day interactive workshop on J&K RTI Act gets underway at Central University Kashmir (CUK), Srinagar on 24 July, 2017- organised in collaboration with Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) & J&K RTI Movement Mr.
Halt first executions in 60 years: CHRI to the Maldives
Commonwealth NGO calls on the island nation to maintain death penalty moratorium.
Right to Information Knowledge Meet at Thrissur
Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI), New Delhi in collaboration with National Constitution Club (NCC), Thalassery organised a Right to Information Knowledge Meet at Thrissur, Kerala on 16th July 2017. Shri.
The Repatriation of Indian Prisoners from Foreign Prisons
The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) and Institute of Correctional Administration have organised a roundtable discussion on 13 July 2017 on the repatriation of Indian prisoners from foreign prisons to discuss the findings of their rapid study.
Byculla jail killing represents collapse of institutions: CHRI demands National Commission to review prisons
June 28, 2017 New Delhi, The alleged beating and torturous death of 40-year-old Manjula Shetye in Mumbai’s Byculla Jail on Monday, 23rd June, is a stunning indictment of the internal rot and impunity that characterizes India's penal system.
‘India’s backing of human rights at UNHRC not consistent’
A new analysis of voting during a decade at the UN Human Rights Council suggests that India did not consistently support issues such as civil and political rights including the death penalty, reprisals, defamation of religions, torture, drones, and the right to peace and peaceful protests.
Experts call on Commonwealth to build Human Rights capacity of members
CHRI’s HRC side event – Report Release of ‘Missed Opportunities: The Commonwealth at the Human Rights Council: A Decade of Voting (2006-2016)’ 20th June 2017 Geneva Senior international human rights experts have urged the Commonwealth to develop capacity and training