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Apr 16, 2020 Resources

Access to Justice During Covid-19

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Apr 08, 2020 In-the-news International Advocacy and Programming

COVID-19: Jailed Human Rights Defenders Must Be Released Immediately

8 April 2020 Paris,   In light of the serious threat posed to prisoners by the rapidly spreading novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, FIDH and its undersigned member organisations recall governments' obligation to ensure the safety and health of detained individuals that are under t

Apr 08, 2020 Publications Prison Reform

COVID-19 and Prisons in the Commonwealth: ‘Ensuring an Effective Response'

With the rising spread of the pandemic COVID-19 across the Commonwealth and globally, this document has been prepared to assist governments, prison departments, judiciary, legal services institutions and other stakeholders to undertake effective measures to ensure protection of all prisone

Apr 08, 2020 Publications Police Reform

CHRI releases Guidelines to Police on Respecting Human Rights while Enforcing the Lockdown

With the rising spread of the pandemic COVID-19 , this document has been prepared by the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative  which proposes actionable measures to assist police departments across India to implement the critical task of enforcing the current nationwide lockdown within the Cons

Apr 08, 2020 Publications Prison Reform

Jail Mail: COVID-19 and Prisons in the Commonwealth ‘Ensuring an Effective Response’

Through this issue of Jail Mail, CHRI shares a note – COVID-19 and Prisons in the Commonwealth: ‘Ensuring an Effective Response’ addressed to the executive, judiciary, legal service providers and human rights institutions, on precautions to be taken inside prisons and measures to b

Apr 04, 2020 Press-releases

SAMDEN protests actions against Mir Shakilur Rahman and The Wire

April 4, 2020 Delhi/Kathmandu/Dhaka/Colombo/Boston, Leading editors and media professionals from South Asia today protested actions against the media in Pakistan and India: the detention of Pakistani editor and publisher Mir Shakilur Rahman in Lahore and legal action against the independent In

Apr 03, 2020 Press-releases

Review Migrant Relief Camps as well as Police, Prison Preparedness: CHRI to NHRC

April 03, 2020 The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) has urged the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to review conditions in relief camps for migrants and emphasize police professionalism and prison preparedness during the lockdown.

Apr 01, 2020 Press-releases

Respect Human Rights while Enforcing the Lockdown: Guidelines for the Police

 April 1, 2020 Responding to vivid accounts of police brutality and arbitrariness across India during the nationwide lockdown, the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative has framed a set of guidelines to assist police departments to enforce the lockdown within the Constitutional

Apr 01, 2020 In-the-news Police Reform

Respect human rights while enforcing lockdown: Guidelines for police in India from CHRI

April 01, 2020 (South Asia Monitor) Responding to vivid accounts of police brutality and arbitrariness across India during the nationwide lockdown, the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative has framed a set of guidelines to assist police departments to enforce the lockdown within the Constituti

Apr 02, 2020 In-the-news Access to Information

Deathly Subsistence

Mar 31, 2020 (Caravan Magazine) Devendher Kasholla was set to return home in three weeks, to celebrate his older brother’s wedding.