Reimagining pre trial justice: An overview of pre trial detention Sierra Leone
June 24, 2022 By: Ms. Lydia Winyi Kembabazi1 Globally, there are over three million people held in pre-trial detention and other forms of remand imprisonment throughout the world with a 30% rise of pre-trial detainees globally since the year 20002.
Pre-trial detention as a punishment: The situation for LGBT persons in Uganda
June 23, 2022 By: Adrian Jjuuko Pre-trial detention is commonplace in Uganda, because the reigning mentality in criminal investigations tends to favour the ‘arrest first, investigate later’ approach.
Pre-Trial Detention Time Limits: The Law on Paper and in Practice
June 19, 2022 By: Victor Chagunyuka Mhango [1] Malawi adopted a new constitutional order in 1995.
A petty legacy: Reducing pre-trial detention overcrowding by ending the criminalisation of poverty and status
June 18, 2022 By: Louise Edwards[1] A troubling legacy of the shared colonial history across the Commonwealth is the inheritance of criminal laws that, despite independence and democratic transformations, have either remained unchanged, or have been retained in some form.
Pre-trial detention is structural violence
June 17, 2022 By: Ambika Satkunanathan Pre-trial detention, particularly extended pre-trial detention, is common in South Asia with persons in pre-trial detention often constituting the majority of the prison population.
How are global prison trends reflected in Commonwealth countries?
Jun 16, 2022 By: Tríona Lenihan[1] Since 2015, Penal Reform International’s annual Global Prison Trends reports have analysed and documented trends in the use of imprisonment, changes and issues faced by people in prison – especially those belonging to certain, often vulnera
Joint Statement on Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking For Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) 2022
Joint Statement on Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking For Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) 2022 Endorsed by Global, Regional, National Civil Society Organisations[1] June 2022 Modern slavery encompasses practices which include human trafficking, fo
CHRI GOES TO CHOGM 2022
London 16 June 2022 - The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) will participate in events planned around the 26th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) scheduled for 21 - 25 June in Kigali, Rwanda.
Message from the Chair of our International Board on the Release of CHRI’s CHOGM 2022 Report
The presumption of innocence, as affirmed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, is one of the most fundamental human rights principles. Yet, of the 1.5 million prisoners detained across the Commonwealth more than 0.5 million are pre-trial detainees.
Call for Commonwealth Leaders to Speak Up for Rights of Rwandans
Joint Letter to Commonwealth Heads of Government Dear Commonwealth Heads of Government, We, the undersigned civil society organisations, express our grave concerns about the human rights situation in Rwanda as it prepares to host the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in June 202