CHRI Examines AFSPA'S Potential for Abuse
At a time when demands are being raised from across the country to repeal the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act
Capital Cop-out: CHRI comments on Delhi crime
Delhi accounts for 25 per cent of the crime — 670,000 plus criminal cases in 2015, according to National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) — reported from the 53 mega cities in India. The city beat its own record of the previous year by three per cent.
CHRI and PRW question the Maha Govt need for new proposed security legislation
Bilkulonline.com,Mumbai,Aug26:TheCommonwealthHumanRightsInitiative(CHRI)andPoliceReformsWatchseriouslyquestionboththenecessityandthejustificationforanothernewinternalsecuritylawasproposedbytheMaharashtragovernment’sProtectionofInternalSecurityBill2016.
Following wide protests, Bill proposing sweeping surveillance powers to state, cops in Maharashtra withdrawn
Following wide protests and public pressure, including by two civil rights organizations, Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) and Police Reforms Watch (PRW), a new internal security law in Maharashtra – Protection of Internal Security Bill 2016, seeking to give sweeping powers to
CHRI and PRW question the need for new proposed security legislation
CHRI and PRW question the need for new proposed security legislation Press Statement, 26 August 2016 The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) and Police Reforms Watch seriously question both the necessity and the justification for another new internal security law as propose
One day roundtable on Civil Society & Corporate Participation in Prisons held on 17th February, Jaipur
ThePrisonReformsProgrammeofCommonwealthHumanRightsInitiative(CHRI)jointlywithRajasthanStateHumanRightsCommission(RSHRC)organisedaonedayroundtableon‘CivilSocietyandCorporateParticipationinPrisons’on17thFebruary2014.ThepanelofspeakersconsistedofDr.
Latest Round of Executions in Indonesia for Drug-related Offenses
Letter to the President of Indonesia by Global South-based human rights NGOs– Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), Center for Human Rights of the University of Pretoria, Comisión Mexicana de Defensa y Promoción de los Derechos Humanos, Commonwealth Human Rig
Caste attrocities cases in Gujarat, investigations needs to be set right: Report by CHRI & NCDHR
Una, Gujarat: Following the attack on a Dalit family in Una district, Gujarat, the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative & the National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights have prepared a briefing note on standard of investigation in caste atrocity cases.
Human rights forum criticises Gujarat Police over dalit flogging
A human rights forum has rapped the Gujarat Police and the administration for their alleged sluggish response to the brutal beating of Dalit youths for skinning a dead cow at Gir Somnath.
CHRI/UNHCR to hold workshop for welfare officers in West Bengal
The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees will advise welfare officers in correctional homes on how to process applications for asylum seekers in West Bengal.Conference Hall, Jessop Building, Kolkata. July 26, 4pm.