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Dec 15, 2015 In-the-news Access to Justice

Of 12,872 Plaints Against Delhi Police Personnel, Only 35 Turned FIRs

Just 35 complaints received in 2014 against Delhi Police personnel transformed into FIRs out of the total of 12,872, with chargesheet being filed against nine of them so far, a report on Delhi law & order revealed.

Dec 16, 2015 In-the-news Access to Justice

Outer Delhi takes ‘heinous’ spot on crime map: Study

Most cases of heinous crimes were reported from outer Delhi in 2014 while it came a close second, after south, on rape and molestation, according to a crime-mapping study released by a human rights NGO on Tuesday.

Dec 16, 2015 In-the-news Access to Justice

Numbers paint a grim picture of rape Capital

If statistics are anything to go by, a host of steps to ensure women’s safety since the gang-rape and murder of a physiotherapist exactly three years ago have failed to bring about the desired changes in the national Capital.

Dec 17, 2015 In-the-news Access to Information

Bureaucracy is stumbling block on road to accountable governance: Kerala SIC rejects use of IPOs to pay RTI fees

The Supreme Court  in a landmark judgement about transparency in the banking sector announced  on December 16, expressed its concerns about the manner in which many Public Information Officers reject people’s requests for information under The Right to I

Dec 14, 2015 In-the-news International Advocacy and Programming

Will the Commonwealth finally step up in Sri Lanka?

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.

Dec 16, 2015 In-the-news Access to Justice

Police turn a blind eye to their own men

What are the chances that your complaint against a Delhi Police personal would translate into a FIR? Less than 0.3 per cent if you complained against a policeman last year, says a study by some NGOs.

Dec 11, 2015 In-the-news Access to Justice

Virtual tool to understand policing

NGO NAGAR released a booklet listing all the important police, railway, traffic and other ancillary helplines.

Dec 15, 2015 Blog

A few steps onto the Rough Roads to Equality: Women Police in Bangladesh by Cheryl Blake

  In April 2014, over 200 female police personnel from across Bangladesh participated in workshops hosted by the Bangladesh Police Women’s Network (BPWN) and the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI).

Dec 16, 2015 Publications Access to Information

Sri Lanka’s Draft Right to Information Bill, 2015

CHRI welcomes the initiative of the Government of Sri Lanka to approve a draft legislation to give effect to the fundamental right of people’s access to information guaranteed by Article 14A that was recently inserted in the Constitution through the 19th Amendment to the Constitution.

Dec 15, 2015 Press-releases

Praja Foundation and CHRI released their first report on state of policing and Law & order in Delhi

​ Delhi, 15st December, 2015: Praja Foundation and Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) released their first report on state of policing and Law & order in Delhi with the aim to provide a holistic view, in very objective terms relying solely on official data, of the state of crime an