CHRI co-hosts 5th national RTI convention in Bhubaneswar

Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) co-organised the 5th National Convention of the National Campaign for People’s Right to Information (NCPRI) at Utkal Mandap, Sachivalaya Marg, Bhubaneswar, Odisha.

CHRI to co-organise 5th National Convention of the National Campaign for People’s Right to Information

Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) is co-organising the 5th National Convention of the National Campaign for People’s Right to Information (NCPRI) from October 14 to 16, 2017 at Utkal Mandap, Sachivalaya Marg, Bhubaneswar, Odisha.

Accountability, not armour plating

Photo Credit: Deepak Harichandan By Devika Prasad (The Hindu) The buzzword of police “reform” is upon us once again with the Union Cabinet approving a ₹25,000 crore outlay for upgrading the internal security apparatus in States.

Black Money SIT is public authority under the RTI Act: CIC directs appointment of CPIO and Appellate Authority

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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 holds day-long RTI workshop in Bangladesh

Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) in partnership with MRDI, Bangladesh, organised a day-long RTI workshop at Daily Star office, the largest daily in the country, on October 7, 2017 in Dhaka. About 30 journalists, both from the print and broadcast media, attended the workshop. Mr. S.

CHRI at RTI meet in Bangkok

CHRI’s Venkatesh Nayak made a presentation on 'Proactive Information Disclosure - Parameters, Performance and Pushing the Envelope' at the workshop on the Right to Information for Stakeholders in South and South East Asia. The workshop was organised in Bangkok on October 3-4, 2017.