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CHRI’s London office (registered charity no. 803325) is uniquely positioned to influence human rights in the Commonwealth.
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Accra, Ghana
The Accra office of CHRI is the centre of the organisation’s work in Commonwealth African countries. It has, since its inception in 2001, made significant strides in achieving the mandate of ensuring transparency and accountability in governance.
Headquarter; New Delhi, India
In 1993 CHRI was established in New Delhi. The initial plan was to move the CHRI secretariat every five years in order to deepen expertise on all regions of the Commonwealth.
Latest RTI News July 4, 2016
CHRI's Chairperson writes to J&K Chief Minister on Implementation Issues Jenaab Wajahat Habibullah raised the following points: Filling up the vacant posts of the State Chief Information Commissioner and State Information Commissioner through a transparent and participator
RTI News July 1, 2016
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Cabinet Secretariat endorses CIC recommendation for monthly disclosure of Ministries' performance reports
Readers will remember my email alert from May 2016 highlighting the order of the Central Information Commission (CIC) in my case relating to disclosure of agenda items of the Union Cabinet Meetings and the monthly reports of work done by Ministries a
Cabinet Secretariat endorses CIC recommendation for monthly disclosure of Ministries' performance reports (RTI Document)
RTI application to the Cabinet Secretariat sent in /august 2014 and its response transferring the request to 27 Departments RTI Reply furnished by the Ministry of Law and Justice Monthly summaries for May and June 2014 furnished by the Ministry of External Affairs Reply of the Ministry of S
CHRI requests Telangana CM to set up State Information Commission and CIC directs disclosure of all background materials relating to land acquisition law amendments
CHRI requests the Chief Minister of Telangana to set up the State Information Commission Readers may recollect that with the bifurcation of the erstwhile Andhra Pradesh (AP) into the new States of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, the administration and all statutory entities functioning in that Stat
Govt asks all departments to upload report cards on websites every month
This small step could go a long way to raise the transparency bar. The Modi government has told all central departments to go public with a report card of its activities and achievements on a monthly basis.
CHRI Objects to Removal of RTI Chapter from Rajasthan School Text Books
In May this year, the media reported the removal of a chapter relating to RTI and the contribution of the people's movement to the practical realisation of the fundamental right to information across the country from text books prescribed for middle school students in Rajasthan.