CHRI response to MHA advisory to states mandating filing of FIRs
The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) appreciates and supports the advisory by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on 16 May 2019 on the “failure to record information under Section 154 (1) of CrPC punishable under Section 166A of IPC” issued to the Additional Chi
CHRI Quarterly Newsletter: April 2019
Dear readers, We are happy to present the latest newsletter reporting on our activities over the past year, which witnessed both been a continuation of CHRI’s mandate as well as an expansion of its scope.
Read CHRI's written statement submitted to the UN Human Rights Council on right of freedom of assembly in Cameroon (June 2018)
"At the 38th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC), the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) wishes to raise serious concerns over the continued deterioration of human right of &nbs
Women in Police: India needs more than just tokenism by political parties
By Pavani Nagaraja Bhat, Project Officer, Police Reforms Programme, CHRI As of 1 January 2017, the strength of women police in India was 7.28% of the total police.
CHRI urges Government make information on its initiatives easily accessible
Ajumako Assasan (C/R), May 11, GNA: The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI), has called on the Government to as a matter of necessity make information regarding its social intervention programmes aimed at improving the living conditions of people easily accessible to the beneficiaries.
Tanzania: CHRI among 38 NGOs calling on states to express concern over human rights situation
May 13, 2019: Today, CHRI and 37 Tanzanian, African and international human rights organisations have published a letter calling on states to use the next session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) to raise concern over Tanzania’s situation in order to prevent a further deteriorati
Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference on the Rule of Law and Human Rights
Parliaments have a crucial role in ensuring the human rights for all. Together with the executive and the judiciary, they share a responsibility to enforce the rule of law and to implement their state's obligation to protect and promote human rights.
SAMDEN welcomes release of Reuters journalists in Myanmar, urges greater media freedom
New Delhi, May 7 -- While the release of two Reuters journalists in Myanmar after 17 months of imprisonment is a welcome step, authorities there must also respond to calls for greater media freedom, the South Asia Media Defenders Network (SAMDEN) said today.
Supreme Court remarks on illegal detention fly in face of India’s constitutional and international obligations: CHRI
[Image: Sentinel Assam] New Delhi, May 1 - The Supreme Court needs to reaffirm India’s constitutional and international obligations to rights on complex issues of nationality, detention and deportation and not be unmindful of its own commitment to these duties, the Commonwealth Hu
A Report on Excessive Delay of Cases and Prolonged Pre-trial Detentions
Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative Africa Office has since 2008 been implementing a project dubbed the “Justice Centers Project” to promote increased access to justice and protection of the human rights of the poor and indigent within the criminal justice system in Ghana and by extensi