Political Party Funding through Electoral Bonds - Backward Leap to the Era of Secrecy
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CHRI's Venkatesh Nayak says the move completely absolves political parties from taking any action voluntarily to account for any donations that they receive
Several RTI activists have dismissed finance minister Arun Jaitley’s announcement that cash donations to political parties will now be capped at Rs 2000, down from the earlier limit of Rs 20,000.
Refugees and the Other ‘Invisibles’: Race and Discrimination in India
Second in a series of CHRI Brown Bag Lunches New Delhi, February 02 -- The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) hosted a special brown bag lunch, the second in its series this year, on Refugees and the Other ‘Invisibles’: Race and Discrimination in India with three yo
CHRI and partners convene conference for Commonwealth Parliamentarians in London
The Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference on the Rule of Law and Human Rights, an initiative of the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI), organised in partnership with the UK branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA UK), who led the project management and delivery, the
Solma Begum finally reaches home!
CHRI celebrates the return of 38 year old Solma Begum to her home in Sunderganj, Bangladesh. It has taken almost a year and sustained effort on behalf of CHRI, police and the media to ensure her joyful reunion with her family.
Demonetization versus Transparency of Indian Political Parties’ Cash-in-Hand Declarations
By Venkatesh Nayak The dust has not yet settled on the demonetisation drive though more than 75 days have lapsed since the Government announced the pathbreaking 'notebandi' decision in November, 2016.
Maja Daruwala
Maja Daruwala is currently Senior Advisor at CHRI, particularly focussing on the Access to Justice Programme. She was Director of CHRI for twenty years, until September 2016. Maja has been working to advocate for rights and social justice for over forty years.
A Long Night’s Journey into Day
A Palestinian returns home after 27 years in Indian prisons 10 January, 2017 By Mrinal Sharma and Madhurima Dhanuka The People’s Beacon, an annual magazine from the Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC) to commemorate the World Human Rights Day on December 10, 2016, publis
The police we have and where it came from: An Analysis
By Uladzimir Dzenisevich and Maja Daruwala Across the world, the agency of state that is written about more often than others and commented on is the police. The police are where victims of crime seek justice.
Woe and confusion in the final days of demonetisation: A CHRI commentary
By Venkatesh Nayak Yesterday the print and electronic media highlighted the plight of a young woman who approached the New Delhi office of the Reserve Bank of India to change some demonetised currency notes that she had.