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State Level RTI : Jammu and Kashmir

Law The Jammu and Kasmir Right to Information Act 2009 was passed by the State Legislature and it received the assent of the Governor on 20 March 2009.

Dec 12, 2014 Publications Prison Reform

Sensitization of Officers of Correctional Homes on Human Rights and Refugee Protection

EVALUATION REPORT

Mar 18, 2016 Blog

Reforming Kenya's Counter-Terrorism Strategy: What Should the Commonwealth Do?

  18 March, 2016 By Uladzimir Dzenisevich On the night of 4th May 2015, around 9:00 pm, 48-year-old Affey Ali was sitting outside his home in Shalatey village, Wajir County, in North East Kenya, when men in military fatigues approached him and ordered him to lie face down.

India

Training and Workshops

Training   RTI trainings for civil societies in Sri Lanka, Oct 28-31, 2018 Sharad Kumar (2004) AGNI Power Point Presentation on MRTI with Speaking Notes, first used at MRTI seminar organised by Mumbai Grahak Panchayat.

India

National Level RTI

The right to information campaign in India began with the Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan ( MKSS) movement to bring in transparency in village accounts via the demand for minimum wages in rural India.

Mar 18, 2016 In-the-news Access to Information

Modi government rejected 8.4% applications in 2014-15: Central Information Commission

NEW DELHI: In its first year in power at the Centre, the Narendra Modi government has rejected the most number of applications under Right to Information Act. The rate of rejection of RTI applications by central ministries and departments has climbed to 8.

India

What We Do

Legislative Advocacy Facilitating the effective entrenchment of the right to access to information in member states and the institutions of the Commonwealth is one of the key aims of CHRI's RTI Program.

Mar 17, 2016 Blog

Trends from the CIC's Annual Report for 2014-15 - RTI applications decline, CIC imposes fewer penalties

  17 March, 2016 By Venkatesh Nayak The Annual Report of the Central Information Commission (CIC) for the year 2014-15 is out. While the soft copy is not yet uploaded on the CIC's website, I obtained a hard copy from the office of the CIC on request.

Mar 15, 2016 Multimedia Access to Justice

Infographic: Women Police in India By Rank

Very little has changed in the structure and ethos of Indian policing since 1861, the year in which the Police Act was passed.

Mar 15, 2016 Blog

Can the Commonwealth Become a Normative Power It Wants to Be? Reflections on Leadership and Closer Links with Civil Society

  15 March, 2016 By Uladzimir Dzenisevich  In 2009, the Royal Commonwealth Society did a Commonwealth-wide survey to gather views about the association.