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 sends submission to the National Human Rights Commission
This CHRI submission to the National Consultation of National Human Rights Commission of India (NHRC) for India’s 3rd Universal Periodic Review (UPR) includes information on the following areas: overcrowding of prisoners, strengthening legal aid services, custodial violence, access to prison,
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Following wide protests, Bill proposing sweeping surveillance powers to state, cops in Maharashtra withdrawn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
NHRC registering more cases, says there is more awareness
Cases registered by the National Human Rights Commission have gone up over the past three years, but those where monetary relief was recommended have in fact declined.
Leave No One Invisible: Data for SDG Accountability
24 Aug, 2016 By Trinanjan Radhakrishnan In September 2015, at the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Summit, 193 countries unanimously adopted the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Actionable Measures on Police Reforms
It is the State’s duty to provide the public with an efficient, responsive and law-abiding police service.
National Convention In Solidarity with the Victims of Torture
PRESS RELEASE From Horror to Healing Statement of the National Convention In Solidarity with the Victims of Torture New Delhi, June 24-25 2016 As the world observes June 26 in solidarity with victims of torture, the pervasive existence of torture within India is a crime deserving of