Democracy in the Maldives Still in Decline: CHRI tells Commonwealth Ministers
20 April, 2016 Today the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG), a watchdog committee of the Commonwealth, will meet in London to decide if the Maldives has followed the group’s recommendations to stop the country’s slide to authoritarianism.
COMMONWEALTH HUMAN RIGHTS INITIATIVE (CHRI) SUBMISSION TO THE COMMONWEALTH MINISTERIAL ACTION GROUP (CMAG) ON:THE REPUBLIC OF MALDIVES
In Conversation With Maja Daruwala: “If we stop the denial, we may get to a solution.”
Maja Daruwala has been the Executive Director of the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) since 1996.
Careers: Chair, London Executive Committee
TheCommonwealthHumanRightsInitiativeisseekingaChairpersonfortheboardofTrusteesofourLondonoffice.CHRIisaninternationalhumanrightsnon-governmentalorganisationworkingacrosstheCommonwealthwithaparticularfocusonissuesaroundaccesstoinformationandaccesstojustice.
Commonwealth Secretaries-General and Human Rights: A Retrospective
Written by Dr. Dwayne Ryan Menezes exclusively for CHRI, this is an evaluation of the Commonwealth and the five Secretaries-General that have led the organisation for the past half-century. Dr. Menezes is the Director of the Human Security Centre.
CHRI interviews Kamalesh Sharma, outgoing Secretary-General of the Commonwealth
31 March, 2016 Mr. Kamalesh Sharma, the departing Secretary-General of the Commonwealth spoke with the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative via email. The staff of the London office of CHRI asked Mr.
Implementation : Information Commissions
RTI laws in some countries provide for the setting up of an Information Commission as the ultimate appellate and oversight body overseeing implementation and oversight of the law.
National Level RTI : Archives
Activities & Advocacy The University Grants Commission as a follow up to the implementation of the Right to Information Act, 2005 is going to release a draft RTI policy guideline for universities.
National Level RTI : Legislation
Status of the Right to Information Bill The draft bill on right to information has been posted on the government portal at http://www.ghana.gov.gh/index.php.There is also posted on the portal a Q & A that assists the public to have a quick glimpse of the bill.
First Ever All-Women RTI Workshop in J&K Highlights Growing Need for Right to Information in the State
23 March, 2016 By Manisha Chachra The first ever Right to Information (RTI) workshop for women in Jammu and Kashmir was held this week.