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.
RTI workshop in Bangkok: Proactive Information Disclosure – Parameters, Performance & Pushing the Envelope
CHRI 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.
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.
Crowd funding helps African footballer go home
Kolkata, India Oct 4, 2017 A unique crowd funding initiative enabled a 22-year-old footballer from the Ivory Coast to return home. Yinkita Kone was stranded for three years in India, unable to buy a ticket to return to his native land.
Draft rules and dissent
ON March 31 this year, the Union government released the draft Right to Information (RTI) Rules, 2017, for public consultation. The draft rules, all 22 of them, were ostensibly proposed to implement the RTI Act in a better manner.
Seminar on beyond prison walls - conversation on prisoners' rights
Tihar Prisons in collaboration with the Bureau of Police Research and Development, Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative and Delhi School of Social Work, University of Delhi organised a one-day seminar on 23 September 2017 at NDMC Convention Centre, Sansad Marg, New Delhi to discuss issues concerning
Suu Kyi’s crown of thorns: the future of the Rohingyas and Myanmar are both at stake
By: Sanjoy Hazarika (Hindustan Times) If anything, Aung San Suu Kyi’s 29-minute State of the Union address underlined the crown of thorns that she wears.