CHRI to co-host Asian Regional Consultation on the 2020 Review of the UN Treaty Body System
The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) is organising the Asian Regional Consultation of the Academic Platform Project on the 2020 Review in partnership with the Geneva Academy and the South Asian University (SAU) on 13-14 October in New Delhi.
CHRI and Katiba Institute Kenya's RTI Learning Programme begins
The week-long learning programme on the Right to Information (RTI-LP) organized by CHRI and Katiba Institute, Kenya, got underway in New Delhi on Monday, September 4, 2017.
CHRI condemns attempt to close down two human rights groups in Kenya
Nairobi/New Delhi, Aug 18, 2017 The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) has described efforts by the Kenyan Government to close down two prominent human rights organizations involved in election monitoring in the recent weeks as unacceptable and unjustified.
Kenya Election 2017: CHRI congratulates President-elect, calls on all parties to peacefully resolve disputes, police to use restraint
New Delhi, Aug 16, 2017 The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) commends Kenya on the successful conclusion of the 2017 General Elections, recognised by international observers as free and fair, despite incidents of violence in which 24 persons were killed.
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.
CHRI and partners convene conference for Commonwealth Parliamentarians in London
The Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference on the Rule of Law and Human Rights, an initiative of the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI), organised in partnership with the UK branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA UK), who led the project management and delivery, the
The police we have and where it came from: An Analysis
By Uladzimir Dzenisevich and Maja Daruwala Across the world, the agency of state that is written about more often than others and commented on is the police. The police are where victims of crime seek justice.
CHRI marks Right to Know Day with, well, Information
Today, September 28, is International Right to Know Day. And, no, it’s not a holiday. We are glad to report that the fight to effect right to information laws in the Commonwealth has seen marked success this year. In 2016, Sri Lanka and Kenya enacted information access laws.
Tackling police violence and impunity in Kenya: Give the Constitution a chance
The article explores the problem of police violence in Kenya and links it to the structural conditions, informed by colonial legacy and most recent failure to de-colonise and democratise policing.
