NHRC urged to do more to observe trials as part of protection for RTI activists: CHRI
New Delhi, 19 June: The recent death of a youth in a brutal attack, a year after his father who was a prominent RTI activist was similarly killed, underlines growing concerns about the safety of rights defenders, the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) has said.
NHRC to inquire into the alleged murder of Gujarat's Rajesh Sondharva who fought for justice in the murder case of his father- RTI activist Nanjibhai Sondharva
Image courtesy: http://nhrc.nic.in/ June 18, 2019 By: Venkatesh Nayak Readers may remember recent news reports of the alleged murder of 19-year old Rajesh @ Raju Sondharva a resident of Manekwada village in Rajkot district of Gujarat.
CSOs, human rights defenders welcome revival of dialogue by NHRC
New Delhi, June 14: Civil society groups and Human Rights Defenders (HRDs) from across India have welcomed the National Human Rights Commission’s (NHRC) revival of dialogue.
CHRI wins Commonwealth award for its work against contemporary slavery!
London, UK, 14 June 2019: The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) has been awarded a Commonwealth Secretary-General’s Innovation for Sustainable Development Award 2019, for its work on SDG 8.7 to eliminate contemporary forms of slavery across the Commonwealth.
CHRI represented at the "Global Human Rights at Risk" conference at The Hague
[Mr. Roy (far left) at the conference] Sarthak Roy, Research Officer with the Office of the International Director, recently participated at a conference titled "Global Human Rights at Risk" at The Hague on 6-7 June 2019.
CHRI’s training workshop on ‘RTI for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities’
CHRI’s Access to Information (ATI) team organised a three-day training session on "Know your Rights: RTI for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (PwDs), Strategic Partnership Training & Consultation" in collaboration with the Javed Abidi Foundation and Disability Ri
UP journalist arrests show disregard for rule of law by state: SAMDEN
[Jagisha Arora, in green dress, the wife of journalist Prashant Kanojia who was arrested by UP Police, and other journalists stage a protest against Kanojia's arrest, at the Press Club in New Delhi on 10 June.
Book by CHRI's IAC Chair launched at National University of Singapore
[Prof Alison Duxbury, chair of CHRI's IAC and Professor of Law at the University of Melbourne, at the Singapore launch of her book "Can ASEAN Take Human Rights Seriously?" Left to right: Prof Kevin Tan (National University of Singapore NUS), Dr Hsien-Li Tan (National Un
Consultation on Model SOP on Repatriation of Indian Nationals from Foreign Prisons
July 20, 2018 New Delhi, India A one-day Consultation was held by the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) to seek the feedback from Central and state agencies on the contours of a Draft Model Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) prepared for the effective implementation of the Rep
A historical background of Ghana's struggle to enact the Right to Information Act
In Ghana, article 21 (1) (f) of the 1992 Constitution guarantees every person the right to information subject to certain qualifications and laws necessary in a democratic society.