Recently CHRI participated in a workshop regarding police standard operating procedures for the East African Community (EAC)> states. CHRI and partner organisation, the African Policing Civilian Oversight Forum, have drafted four police procedures for the region on: stop and search, arrest and detention, use of force and public order management. These procedures are aimed at improving and harmonising police practices in these key operational areas, and have been drafted in consultation with police experts from the five relevant police services and with civil society from the region. These procedures will now be discussed at the national level of each of the EAC states, before moving forward towards adoption by the EAC.

National Commission for Minorities chairman Wajahat Habibullah spoke on the concluding day of the two-days training programme organized by Sangarsh RTI Movement in collaboration with Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative in Jammu recently. Speaking on the occasion, Wajahat Habibullah appreciated the Sangarsh RTI Movement and CHRI for their effort to spread awareness about the Right to Information (RTI) Act. He also urged the participants to use the act for matters of public interest. Additional Deputy Commissioner, Rehana Batool also assured the organizers of fullest support in their movement towards transparency. Earlier, in the two day training program, participants from different districts of the state including college professors, senior citizens, activists, ex-army officers, legal experts and students were provided section-wise and rule-wise information about all aspects of the Jammu and Kashmir Right to Information Act 2009.

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September 28 was international Right to Know Day. To commemorate this occassion, CHRI has produced an interactive map that allows one to explore the status of access to information in each of the countries of the Commonwealth. To view this map click here

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Maja Daruwala (Director, CHRI) talks on issue of police reforms at Xavier College, Mumbai on November 25, 2010.
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Maja Daruwala (Director, CHRI) and Navaz Kotwal (Coordinator-Police Reforms Programme, CHRI) in conversation with Kiran Bedi (Former DG - BPR&D, MHA) about "What is wrong with policing today? Why are things so bad? Will policing in India ever change? What is the way forward?"