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A Critique of the National Commission for Human Rights Bill 2005 by Mandeep Tiwana, Quarterly Newsletter of the Centre for Democratic Development, Islamabad, Pakistan, June 2005.

Preparing to Implement Successfully by Charmaine Rodrigues, i4d (Information for Development), June 2005.

Reforming Police by Maja Daruwala and Doel Mukerjee, The Hindu, 26 June 2005.

When Tourists Fuel Sati Fire by Maja Daruwala, Indian Express, 17 June 2005.

NHRIs & NGOs: An Important Partnership by Clare Doube, Britain Today, May 2005.

Road ahead for access law by Charmaine Rodrigues and Aditi Datta, The Hindu, 31 May 2005.

No Place For Them Here by Maja Daruwala and Navaz Kotwal, The Telegraph, 27 May 2005.

"Good, Bad, and Ugly (maybe)" Says Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative -an Analysis, Freedominfo.org, 24 May 2005.

RTI Bill, just a beginning by Aditi Datta and Charmaine Rodrigues, The Tribune, 22 May 2005.

Go, Marry a beast by Maja Daruwala, The Times of India, 22 May 2005.

Eyes wide shut by Maja Daruwala, Hindustan Times, 12 May 2005.

RTI BILL: Undergoing gradual Metamorphosis by Maja Daruwala, Charmaine Rodrigues and Aditi Datta, 12 May 2005.

How the law is raped by Mandeep Tiwana, Indian Express, 11 May 2005.

Power to the chosen few by Maja Daruwala & Navaz Kotwal, The Telegraph, 29 April 2005.

School haunts by Navaz Kotwal, Hindustan Times, 16 April 2005.

Lost in transition by Maja Daruwala, Hindustan Times, 01 April 2005.

India’s Right To Information Movement Makes A Breakthrough by Charmaine Rodrigues and Peter Slough, Open Government: a journal on Freedom of Information, 21 March 2005.

Commonwealth Week Celebration in Ghana, 15 March 2005.

RTI Bill: old wine with a new label? by Aditi Datta, The Hindu, 8 February 2005.

We must all say no to violence in 2006 by Xavier Ejoyi, 16 December 2004.

Human Rights Day Activities, 9-10 December 2004.

It's Your Right to Know by Charmaine Rodrigues, 23 October 2004.

Servants of the Public who Make the Public into Servants by Maja Daruwala, 20 October 2004.

New Community Policing Initiative for Mumbaites by Police Unit, 13 October 2004.

Community Policing Experiments /Outreach Programmes in India (Updated) by Police Unit, 13 October 2004.

A Hindi Article by Dr. Rakesh Ranjan published on World Right to Information Day, September 28, 2004.

Premature Release of Prisoners by Murali Karnam, September 25, 2004.

Costs of Secrecy exceeds Cost of Openness - A Hindi article by Maja Daruwala, September 2004.

Very few policewomen rise to positions of prominence by Xavier Ejoyi, September 21, 2004.

Get on with Whistleblower's Act by Maja Daruwala, September-October 2004.

Landmark Judgements by Aditi Dutta, September 16, 2004.

Dishonest officials hide behind the veil of secrecy by Xavier Ejoyi, September 7, 2004.

Allow no shortcuts in the law by GP Joshi, September 4, 2004.

Encouraging law enforcers to be lawbreakers by Swati Mehta, August 31, 2004.

Kenya 'S FOI Bill 1999: The First Step Towards an Effective Access Regime by Charmaine Rodrigues, August 23, 2004.

The Challenge of Implementation: Harmonising Information Supply and Demand by Charmaine Rodrigues, August 23, 2004.

Central FOI Act To Get Another Look by Maja Daruwala & Charmaine Rodrigues, August 17, 2004.

‘For the first time, I was in the presence of real terror’ by Dr. Doel Mukerjee, August 11, 2004.

Justifying third degree by Dr. Doel Mukerjee, August 10, 2004.

CHRI Submission to Pacific Islands Forum Annual Meeting, Samoa, August 2004.

Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, Clare Doube, July 2004.

Building a Bridge in Kenya:The Importance and Value of the Right to Information - Katherine Hayes, Adili, July 26, 2004.

Victims have rights too by Manju Dhall, July 2004.

Right to Information: Ensuring the Pen Remains Mightier Than the Sword by Charmaine Rodrigues, July 2004.

Room for Improvement: The Case for Amending the Freedom of Information Act 2002 by Charmaine Rodrigues, July 2004.

Failure to Press Forward with Right to Information Legislation Squelches Bengali Rights by Katherine Hayes, July 2004.

An Update of Anti Terror Legislation in the Commonwealth by Dominic Bascombe, July 2004.

The Abuja Commonwealth Human Rights Forum Declaration, Human Rights Updates, June 2004.

NHRC report highlights CHRI's contribution, June 29, 2004.

Bringing in 'RTI' revolution by Aditi Datta, May 18, 2004.

The world's most powerful army by GP Joshi, May 11, 2004.

D.P. Yadav and other hot potatoes by Maja Daruwala & Aditi Datta, May 2004.

Community Policing Experiments /Outreach Programmes in India by Police Unit, 30 April 2004.

Indian Prisons - rhetoric and reality by Ningthi Mangsatabam, 20 April 2004.

Commonwealth Human Rights Network

Mizoram Government Refuses People’s Right to Information by Anindita Pujari, 8 April 2004.

Analysis of the draft Kenyan Freedom of Information Bill 1999 by Nawel Hamidi and Charmaine Rodrigues, April 2004.

Conference Report on The Implications of Zimbabwe's withdrawl from the Commonwealth: What now for the promotion of Human Rights? Edited by Ellen Pugh, 31 March 2004.

Background paper on Zimbabwe & the Commonwealth: a brief historical overview by Ellen Pugh and Julius Mutyambizi, 31 March 2004.

Analysis of draft Mozambique Access to Sources of Information Bill by Charmaine Rodrigues, March 2004.

Analysis of draft Ugandan Access to Information Bill by Charmaine Rodrigues, March 2004.

Submission : ALP Review of Commonwealth Freedom of Information Act 1982 by Charmaine Rodrigues, March 2004.

Hello, Mr Convict, How are you feeling Today? by Aditi Datta, 13 March 2004.

Home-grown anti-terror Bill best option by Michelle Kagari, 4 March 2004.

Analysis of draft Sri Lankan Access to Official Information Bill by Charmaine Rodrigues, February 2004.

Culture of impunity hindering reforms by Michelle Kagari, 25 February 2004.

'Transparency International's bribery index for Kenya 2004'

A Report on "Policing - A Human Rights Perspective" by Dr. Doel Mukerjee, Feb 12, 2004.

Politics of moving and removing by G.P. Joshi, Feb 2004.

National and State Human Rights Commissions in India agree to work together

Latest information on the Kenya Police Force Reform process

A Review of The Millenium Report of the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) "Human Rights and Poverty Eradication - A Talisman for the Commonwealth" by K.R.Venugopal, special rapporteur, National Human Rights Commission, India.

Whistleblowers in East & West! by Aditi Datta, February, 2004.

Commonwealth Human Rights Forum Communique, Dec 2003.

CHRI's Report to CHOGM, 'Open Sesame: Looking for the Right to Information in the Commonwealth', Dec 2003

Right to Know Day — Governments need to open up to citizens by Charmaine Rodrigues, Human Rights Updates, Nov 2003.

Handbook for Prison Visitors by R. Sree Kumar, Nov 2003.

Presentation at the conference in Durban by Michelle Kagari on November 2003.

Anti-terror Bill an affront to human rights by Michelle Kagari, Nov 2003.

Background Note and Module to train the staff of Chhatisgarh State Human Rights Commission by Dr. Doel Mukerjee and Mandeep Tiwana, Nov, 2003. (This will be used to train the staff of other Human Rights Commissions in the country)

The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights released a Background Note on the Information Society and Human Rights in October 2003 in preparation for the UN's upcoming World Summit on the Information Society.

The omnibus by Navaz Kotwal, Oct, 2003.

Submissions to the Review Committee on POTA by Swati Mehta, Oct, 2003.

CHRI Book Launch, Human Rights & Development in Africa: Interrogating NEPAD's Missing Rights-Based Development Approach, Sep 2003.

Safiya's Story by Navaz Kotwal, Aug 2003.

A Mother's Quest for Justice by Navaz Kotwal, Aug 2003.

Compensating Death by Navaz Kotwal, Aug 2003.

Report on the Round Table Conference on Police Reform in Chennai by Mandeep Tiwana, Aug 2003.

Police Reforms Initiatives in India by Dr. Doel Mukerjee, July, 2003.

Report of the Round Table Conference on Police Reform in Trivandrum by Devika Prasad, June, 2003.

Human Rights and Anti-Terrorism Legislation in the Commonwealth, June, 2003.

Report of the Roundtable Conference on Police Reform in East Africa, 'Police as a service Organisation: An agenda for change', April, 2003.

Rasoolbhai's wife by Navaz Kotwal

Investigating Murder by Navaz Kotwal

Faceless Mobs Absconding by Navaz Kotwal

Access to Justice for Undertrial Prisoners: Problems and Solutions by R. Sree Kumar

Health in MP Prisons by Junie Wadhawan

Perspective on Police Training by S. Krishnamurthy, Institute of Social Sciences, New Delhi, 2002. Book Review by Maja Daruwala and Dr. Doel Mukerjee.

Report on the Judiciary in Sierra Leone, 'In Persuit of Justice', 2002

'Has Normality Returned' by Maja Daruwala, 2002

Anatomy of Despair - Speech by Maja Daruwala

'The African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights and The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights' by Clare Martin, 2001

Effective Executive control for better Human Rights Compilance - Sandeep Verma

Misconceived and Mischievous - B. G. Verghese