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Aug 02, 2017 Events

Media, not always right - but police can't ignore rights

New Delhi, Aug 2, 2017 The adversarial relationship between police and the media was the focus of a special session between young Superintendents of Police from different states of India, union territories and Commandants of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) and a panel which included the di

Aug 01, 2017 Blog

CHRI helps kick start a broad coalition for democratic policing in Tanzania

Aug 1, 2017 By Uladzimir Dzenisevich Over the last decade CHRI has been working to advance democratic policing model across the Commonwealth countries.

Jul 28, 2017 Blog

Three instances where their Lordships stepped in to protect their right to privacy- it was not a vague concept then

Image courtesy: The Cartoonist and Pinterest July 28, 2017 By Venkatesh Nayak A nine-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court of India is currently hearing arguments about whether Article 21 of the Constitution of India contains within its meaning and scope a guarantee of the right to

Jul 24, 2017 Blog

A Review of India’s Voluntary National Review on the Sustainable Development Goals

July 21, 2017 By Gavin Davies On July 19th, 2017, India presented their progress on the Sustainable Development Goals.

Jul 24, 2017 Events

One day interactive workshop on J&K RTI Act

One day interactive workshop on J&K RTI Act gets underway at Central University Kashmir (CUK), Srinagar on 24 July, 2017- organised in collaboration with Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) & J&K RTI Movement Mr.

Jul 22, 2017 Events

Sanjoy Hazarika, CHRI's Director Addresses Issues of Conflict, Minority Rights, Citizenship and Accommodation with Assam Administrative Staff

Sanjoy Hazarika, director, CHRI, gave a set of three lectures at the Assam Administrative Staff College, Guwahati, Assam State, for senior state Administrative officers on issues relating to conflict, minority rights, citizenship and accommodation. This included a 2 hrs.

Jul 21, 2017 Press-releases

Halt first executions in 60 years: CHRI to the Maldives

Commonwealth NGO calls on the island nation to maintain death penalty moratorium.

Jul 20, 2017 In-the-news Prison Reform

Manjula Shetye and the Horrific State of Indian Prisons

Following the death of Manjula Shetye in Mumbai's Byculla Prison and allegations of special facilities being provided by prison administration to AIADMK's V Sasikala in Bengaluru, the inequality within and poor state of India's prisons has come to the fore once again.

Jul 19, 2017 In-the-news Access to Information

Make transparency a patriotic duty

Soon after the GST regime was rolled out, the Hon’ble Prime Minister announced that the Registrars of Companies (RoC) had struck 100,000 shell companies off their rolls.

Jul 18, 2017 Multimedia Access to Information

Right to Information Knowledge Meet at Thrissur event: Photos