Statement by CHRI on criminal cases against media
Feb 2, New Delhi, India --Over the past months, and especially in recent days, across the length and breadth of India, for different reasons and in different jurisdictions, criminal cases have proliferated against media professionals.
India Justice Report 2020
The second edition of the India Justice Report is all about comparisons and tracking the rise and falls in each state’s structural and financial capacity to deliver justice. Using the latest available government figures the first ever ranking was published in November 2019.
CHRI joins partner NGOs to urge all members of the UN Human Rights Council to elect its President for 2021 based on the membership criteria outlined in UNGA Resolution 60/251
Jan 13, 2021 To: Members of the UN Human Rights Council CC: Observer States of the UN Human Rights Council Re: Elections of the UN Human Rights Council President for the 15th cycle in 2021 Excellencies, On 12 January 2021, the UN Human Rights Council (the Council) announc
Resource Directory to Assist Women and Children Facing Violence in Mumbai
The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, in partnership with the City Core Group (a Mumbai-based network of civil society organizations, lawyers and activists) has developed a resource directory aimed at women and child survivors affected by and/or facing violence as well as support persons or orga
One year since the arbitrary ban of Maldivian rights group the Maldivian Democracy Network
Today marks one year since the Government of the Maldives arbitrarily shut down the longest serving human rights group in the country, the Maldivian Democracy Network (MDN) and arbitrarily confiscated all of its funds.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.