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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.

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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.

Mar 15, 2016 Events

Debate: Human rights and the office of the Secretary-General

In honor of Patricia Scotland's first day as Secretary-General's CHRI will host a debate around the history of the position of Secretary-General, their historic role in furthering human rights, and what we can expect from the new Secretary-General’s tenure.

Mar 15, 2016 Blog

Gender Inequality in the UK Police Force: A Need for Departmental Diversity

  14 March, 2016 By Katie Laurence As part of our commitment to the practical realisation of human rights across the Commonwealth, a major focus of CHRI is police reform.

Mar 14, 2016 Blog

Will the Commonwealth Finally Step Up in Sri Lanka?

  14 March, 2016 By Trinanjan Radhakrishnan The 2015 edition of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), which was held in Malta from November 27 to 29, marked the 50th anniversary of the Commonwealth’s reincarnation as an intergovernmental association.

Nov 15, 2014 Publications Prison Reform

Recommendations to National Human Rights Commission on Prison Reform

The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative is thankful to the National Human Rights Commission for inviting its representatives to attend the two-day National Seminar on Prison Reforms, held on 13-14 November, 2014.

Prison Reform

Prison Reforms: India

We focus on improving prison oversight and reducing prolonged, illegal or unnecessary detention.