CHRI statement at the UN Human Rights Council 39th Session: Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention, 17 September 2018
39th Regular Session of the Human Rights Council Item 4: Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention Date: 18th September Oral Statement by Mr. Yashasvi Nain in behalf of the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) Thank you, Mr.
CHRI and partner organisations urge UN member states to refrain from voting for candidates that are unfit for membership
To Permanent Representatives of Member States of the UN General Assembly 18 September 2018 Member States of the UN should refrain from voting for candidates to the Human Rights Council that are unfit for membership Excellencies, Ahead of the next UN Human Rights Council (“HRC&
Tanzania: Open letter to States for joint action to address crackdown on civic space and prevent a further deterioration of the situation
Excellency, Ahead of the 39th regular session of the UN Human Rights Council (“the Council”), which will be held from 10-28 September 2018, we write to call on your delegation to deliver statements, both jointly and individually, to address the ongoing crackdown on civic space and hum
“There is a genuine issue of illegal immigration in Assam … problem is what is to be done afterwards”
Sep 10, 2018 (The times of India) The recent National Register of Citizens (NRC) exercise in Assam has excluded 40 lakh people from its final draft list.
Legal aid lawyers are human rights defenders: Justice Muralidhar CHRI national report, ‘HOPE BEHIND BARS?’ on legal aid launched
Sep 09, 2018 New Delhi, India Justice S Muralidhar, Justice of the Delhi High Court, today defined legal aid lawyers as ‘human rights defenders’, and urged them to abide by laws addressing human rights issues and not solely depend on the IPC and CrPC.
SC verdict is ‘call for action’ to Commonwealth Nations bound to colonial laws: CHRI
Sept 09, 2018 New Delhi, India The unanimous Indian Supreme Court judgment which ended the ban on consensual gay sex in private is a landmark verdict which is a “call to action” for all countries in the Commonwealth which still use regressive, outdated colonial law, the Commonwealt
Concluded: Workshop on RTI for civil society representatives in Bangladesh
CommonwealthHumanRightsInitiative(CHRI),NewDelhiinpartnershipwithTheHungerProject(THP),BangladeshorganisedadaylongworkshoponRTIwithcivilsocietyrepresentativesfromBangladesh.Theworkshopheldon01st September2018inDhakaandwasattendedbyaround30participants.
Concluded: Workshop on the use of RTI in Journalism in Bangladesh
Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI), New Delhi in partnership with The Hunger Project (THP), Bangladesh organised a day long workshop on RTI with journalists from Bangladesh.
CHRI calls recent Pune Police raids and arrests excessive, calls for transparency on charges
Aug 30, 2018 New Delhi, India The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) today expressed deep concern on the recent raids and arrests of social and civil rights advocates, among whom are human rights activists, academics, lawyers and priests.
Bring back ballot papers, Opposition tells Election Commission
Ahead of the all-party meeting called by the Election Commission, the Congress announced its request for ballot papers instead of electronic voting machines which it had alleged were tampered. Aug 27, 2018 (hindustantimes.