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&
HOPE BEHIND BARS? STATUS REPORT ON LEGAL AID FOR PERSONS IN CUSTODY
This National Legal Aid Report has been prepared based on responses received from Right to Information Applications from 24 states and 5 union territories. The report is divided into two volumes.
RTI Fellowship
In response to CHRI’s call for applications for RTI fellowship advertised in July 2018, seven applications were received. Two of them were incomplete applications, so they were rejected.
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.
Concluded: Launch of CHRI national report on the state of legal aid in India entitled ‘Hope Behind Bars’
Below is the transcript of the speech given by CHRI International Director Sanjoy Hazarika at the launch: Justice A.P. Shah, former CJ of the Delhi high court and member of CHRI EC, Justice Dr. S. Muralidhar, Dr. Srikrishna Deva Rao, Vice Chancellor of NLU Odisha, Mr. S.S.
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
Legal Aid at Police Stations
The early phase of the criminal justice process is the most crucial period for those arrested or detained for an offence. Presence of a lawyer at this phase is important to safeguard the rights accorded to them.