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Dec 19, 2020 Press-releases

CHRI’s New Report Records Reduction in Prison Overcrowding, Urges Continuing Efforts with Supreme Court Monitoring

Dec 19, 2020 New Delhi. Underlining the record reduction in India’s prison population by 10.

Oct 05, 2020 Publications International Advocacy and Programming

Easier Said Than Done (ESTD) Report Based on The 42nd Session Of The Un Human Rights Council

The 'Easier Said Than Done' (ESTD) report is a part of the flagship series produced by CHRI's International Advocacy and Programming (IAP) Unit.

Nov 27, 2020 Events

Lost Identity: Transgender Persons in Indian Prisons

Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative in collaboration with University of Dundee is organising the launch of report, 'Lost Identity: Transgender Persons in Indian Prisons'. The report will be launched by Justice Madan B Lokur (Retd.

Dec 01, 2020 Team Team London - SDG 8.7

Ugonna Ukaigwe

Ugonna Ukaigwe is the Programme Manager for the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) UK. She is a development professional with 15 years experience in the field of human rights and sustainable development.

Nov 30, 2020 Press-releases

CHRI supports India and South Africa call for COVID-19 vaccine waiver for marginalised and most vulnerable, urges the Commonwealth Secretariat to take lead

Nov 30, 2020New Delhi, India Equity and priority for the marginalised and most vulnerable in all countries must be the lodestone for the distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine when it is ready for mass distribution, the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) said today.

Nov 27, 2020 Press-releases

CHRI releases new report on transgender persons in prisons, urges model policy to protect rights

Nov 27, 2020 New Delhi, India The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) today launched a unique report ‘Lost Identity: Transgender Persons Inside Indian Prisons’ which reviews compliance of prisons with existing legal frameworks relevant to protecting the rights of transgende

Nov 19, 2020 In-the-news Access to Information

Kashmiris Struggle With RTI Delays Due To Modi Govt’s Ill-Planned Article 370 Move

A review of two recent CIC orders and interviews with activists show that in Kashmir, an existing RTI system that ensured relatively quicker access to information for local residents has been replaced by a slower process riddled with red tape. Nov 19, 2011 (huffingtonpost.

Oct 30, 2020 In-the-news Access to Information

The visible apathy of invisible commissions: Whither lockdown performance?

Oct 29, 2020 counterview.

Oct 23, 2020 Press-releases

CHRI condemns Nigerian crackdown calls for Judicial Commission to investigate violence, initiate police reforms

Oct 23, 2020  New Delhi/Accra The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) condemns the excessive police violence against peaceful protestors in Nigeria and calls on the Government of Nigeria to stop the crackdown that has taken a toll of over 60 lives, ensure accountability for excess

Aug 20, 2020 Publications International Advocacy and Programming

CHRi's Statement On Covid-19 And Contemporary Forms of Slavery Submitted to the 45th Regular Session of the Un Human Rights Council

CHRI submitted a joint written statement on the 'Impact of COVID-19 on Contemporary Forms of Slavery', in collaboration with the Commonwealth 8.7 Network, for the 45th Regular Session of the Human Rights Council.