'Festival of Commonwealth Films- Human Rights' at CHOGM
A CHOGM first, the Festival of Commonwealth Films- Human Rights is being organised by the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative in partnership with the Commonwealth Foundation.
States will benefit from an independent PCA
(Hindustan Times) By:Pavani Nagaraja An independent Police Complaints Authority (PCA) is being constituted for Delhi to inquire into complaints by the public against the police.
Celebrating 14 years of RTI in J&K
CHRI and J&K RTI Movement in collaboration with Centre for Central Asian Studies, Kashmir University is organised an event – “14 years of RTI Movement in J&K”. The event is sponsored by FNF. Prof.
CIC reports more than 6% dip in the total number of RTI applications received by Central Government
March 16, 2018 By: Venkatesh Nayak Readers will remember that through our Rapid Review Reports published since 2013 based on the Annual Reports of Information Commissions across the country, we have been reporting that the number of requests for information submitted to public author
As Number of Murdered RTI Activists Rises to 67, It Is the Modi Government That Needs to 'Act Rightly'
Yet another Right to Information (RTI) activist in Gujarat has paid with his life for demanding transparency. On March 9, Nanjibhai Sondarva (35), a resident of Manekvada village in Kotda Sangani taluka of Rajkot district, was allegedly clubbed to death by six people.
RTI cases pile up as vacancies in Information Commissions rise across India
Readers will remember our previous efforts to collate data about the use of RTI laws and the working of Information Commissions across India. This year, we mark the 25th anniversary of CHRI's work in India by releasing the Rapid Review 4.
JAIL MAIL: INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY: SPOTLIGHT ON WOMEN PRISONERS
On this Women’s Day, CHRI, through this Jail Mail commends the initiatives by Parliament, particularly the Committee on the Empowerment of Women to conduct studies on women in detention.
CHRI’s second film festival: Special focus on Pacific
New Delhi, India March 9, 2018 The second edition of the “Matter of Right (s)” film festival organised by Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) will be on March 13 and 14, 2018, in New Delhi.
International Women’s Day: Spotlight on women in the criminal justice system
New Delhi, India March 6, 2018 While the International Women's Day (March 8) commemorates the women’s rights movement and celebrates women’s achievements across all spheres, it also serves as a stark reminder – of another reality that women are still fighting for genuine
The police force needs to include more women to make policing more effective
(Hindustan Times) The police is one of the most important institutions in any society, and must be representative of the society that it is tasked with protecting. Data from the Bureau of Police Research and Development has revealed that women account for only 7.28% of all police personnel.