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Aug 26, 2016 Press-releases

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

Aug 26, 2016 In-the-news Police Reform

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.

Aug 23, 2016 Blog

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).

Aug 19, 2016 Publications Police Reform

Actionable Measures on Police Reforms

It is the State’s duty to provide the public with an efficient, responsive and law-abiding police service.

Jun 27, 2016 Press-releases

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

Feb 19, 2015 Publications Prison Reform

One day roundtable on Civil Society & Corporate Participation in Prisons held on 17th February, Jaipur

ThePrisonReformsProgrammeofCommonwealthHumanRightsInitiative(CHRI)jointlywithRajasthanStateHumanRightsCommission(RSHRC)organisedaonedayroundtableon‘CivilSocietyandCorporateParticipationinPrisons’on17thFebruary2014.ThepanelofspeakersconsistedofDr.

Jul 28, 2016 In-the-news International Advocacy and Programming

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

Jul 25, 2016 In-the-news Police Reform

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.

Jul 25, 2016 In-the-news Police Reform

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.

Jul 22, 2016 Events

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.