Back to basics on human rights - the terrible lessons from Ukraine
“Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely”. Is that an over-used quotation from Lord Acton’s letter in 1887 to Bishop Mandell Creighton? I don’t think so. Lord Acton was perfectly encapsulating ideas expressed by others before him.
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Legal Research and Advocacy Officer, London office The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) is offering an exciting opportunity to work in a fast-paced environment, contributing to our human rights programmes in the areas of policy and legal analysis, research and advocacy.
Domestic Work is Work: 10 years after the adoption of the Domestic Workers Convention, domestic workers are still fighting for recognition
17 December 2021 Sneh Aurora, Director, Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative Laura Skadhauge Bloom, Legal Research and Advocacy Officer, Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative A decade ago, domestic workers rallied around a simple argument: Domestic Work is Work.
CHRI calls for decongestion of prisons: latest study shows 23% increase in prison population, lakhs more arrested in pandemic
New Delhi, December 17, 2021 – The latest analysis on prison occupancy released today by the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative shows a 23 percent increase in the last two years, with over nine lakh more arrests during the pandemic alone.
CEHAT and CHRI: Urge Govt of India and NHRC to issue guidelines on medico legal examination of custodial torture and death
Mumbai/New Delhi, December 14, 2021 – The Centre for Enquiry Into Health and Allied Themes (CEHAT) and Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) urged the Government of India and the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to issue detailed guidelines in conformity with international s
Domestic Work is Work: Using ILO Convention 189 to Protect Workers Rights Across the Commonwealth
2021 marks the 10th anniversary of the Domestic Workers Convention (C189) - a landmark international treaty requiring decent work for domestic workers.
Human Rights Day 2021: Commonwealth must acknowledge Domestic Work is Work
London, United Kingdom, 10 December 2021 (10:00 AM GMT) — To commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Domestic Workers Convention (C189), today, International Human Rights Day, the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) released its new report: Domestic Work is Work: Using ILO Convention 1
Nagaland killings: CHRI welcomes NHRC action, urges state to set up HRC and access to justice
December 9 2021, New Delhi – Welcoming the National Human Rights Commission’s (NHRC) notice to authorities seeking a detailed report on the recent killing of 14 civilians and one security personnel by the army, the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) also today urged the apex rig
Human Rights Day 2021: Commonwealth must acknowledge Domestic Work is Work
London, United Kingdom, 6 December 2021 — To commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Domestic Workers Convention (C189), this International Human Rights Day - 10 December - the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) will release its new report: Domestic Work is Wo
Domestic Work is Work: Using ILO Convention 189 to Protect Workers' Rights Across the Commonwealth
Date: 10 December 2021 (Human Rights Day) Time: 12:00 - 13:30 GMT // 14:00 - 15:30 SAST // 17:30 -19:00 IST Where: Virtual (Zoom) The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated the vulnerabilities of the roughly 67 million domestic workers worldwide, most of whom are women.