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.

The Founding of CHRI: A Memoir

CHRI began as an idea floated at a conference in Cumberland Lodge, a residential centre in Windsor Great Park, England. The conference was called to look at the state of the Commonwealth after many African and Asian sports teams had boycotted the Edinburgh Commonwealth Games in 1986.

Journey

Our vision to establish ourselves as a global South-based NGO, which is international in its work and vision has over the years come to fruition.

International Advocacy and Programming

As per the decision of CHRI's International Advisory Commission on 28.11.2017, the Strategic Initiative Programme (SIP) of CHRI has been re-named as the International Advocacy and Programming (IAP) unit.

Contact Us

  Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative Headquarters - New Delhi   55A, 3rd Floor, Siddharth Chambers Kalu Sarai, New Delhi 110 016 INDIA +91-11-26968505 info@humanrightsinitiative.

Access To Information

Our Access to information programme advocates for the realisation of people’s basic human right to access information from government and other public bodies in Commonwealth countries. Currently, only 33 of the 54 Member States have national level right to information legislation in place.

CHRI

About CHRI The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) is an independent, non-profit, non-partisan, international non-governmental organisation working in the area of human rights.