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Publications Police Reform

Mizoram Police Act, 2012

WHEREAS respect for and promotion of the human rights of the people, and protection of their civil, political, social, economic and cultural rights, is the primary concern of the Rule of Law.

Feb 14, 2011 Publications Police Reform

Meghalaya Police Act, 2011

An Act to regulate the role, functions and management of police establishments and for matters relating thereto, WHEREAS, in respect for and promotion of the human rights of the people and protection of their civil, political, social, economic and cultural rights, is the primary concern of the Rule

Jun 06, 2007 Publications Police Reform

Haryana Police ACT, 2007

AN ACT to provide a new State police law for establishment, regulations and management of the police, redefine its role, duties and its responsibilities and to enable it to function as an efficient, professional, effective,accountable, people friendly and responsive agency by taking into account the

Nov 12, 2007 Publications Police Reform

Bihar Police Act 2007

That, promotion and respect of the human rights of individual and protection of their civil, political, social, economic- and cultural rights is the first responsibility of the law.

Apr 08, 2016 About Us

Careers: Chair, London Executive Committee

TheCommonwealthHumanRightsInitiativeisseekingaChairpersonfortheboardofTrusteesofourLondonoffice.CHRIisaninternationalhumanrightsnon-governmentalorganisationworkingacrosstheCommonwealthwithaparticularfocusonissuesaroundaccesstoinformationandaccesstojustice.

Mar 31, 2016 Publications International Advocacy and Programming

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.

Mar 31, 2016 Blog

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.

India

Implementation : Raising Public Awareness

If right to information laws are to meet their objectives of encouraging more public participation and oversight of government, then citizens need to be completely aware of their rights and how to enforce them.

India

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.

India

Implementation : General

   Preparing for Implementation In preparing for the implementation of any RTI law, the governments will have to take steps to establish the groundwork necessary to ensure the effective implementation of the access law.