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Jun 21, 2022 Publications Prison Reform

Message from the Chair of our International Board on the Release of CHRI’s CHOGM 2022 Report

The presumption of innocence, as affirmed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, is one of the most fundamental human rights principles. Yet, of the 1.5 million prisoners detained across the Commonwealth more than 0.5 million are pre-trial detainees.

Jun 14, 2022 Publications International Advocacy and Programming

Call for Commonwealth Leaders to Speak Up for Rights of Rwandans

Joint Letter to Commonwealth Heads of Government Dear Commonwealth Heads of Government, We, the undersigned civil society organisations, express our grave concerns about the human rights situation in Rwanda as it prepares to host the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in June 202

Apr 28, 2022 Press-releases

Cancellation of our Registration under the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act, 2010

  New Delhi, 28 April, 2022– On 19th April, 2022, past 8.00pm, CHRI received an email communication from the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) of an order cancelling our registration certificate No. 231650671R issued on 09/03/1993.

Apr 01, 2022 New Delhi

Director

Mr VENKATESH NAYAK is associated with CHRI in various capacities since April 2000. Before appointment as Director, CHRI India office, he was Programme Head of our Access to Information Programme since 2005 and was officiating as Director-in-Charge since December 2021. Mr.

Apr 01, 2022 About Us

Mr Venkatesh Nayak Takes Over as Director, CHRI India as Mr Sanjoy Hazarika, Steps Down as International Director, CHRI

The Executive Committee (EC) of Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI), India, is pleased to appoint Mr. Venkatesh Nayak, Head, Access to Information Programme, as the new Director and Chief functionary of CHRI India, with effect from 16 May 2022. Mr.

Mar 14, 2022 Blog

Back to basics on human rights - the terrible lessons from Ukraine

“Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely”. Is that an over-used quotation from Lord Acton’s letter in 1887 to Bishop Mandell Creighton? I don’t think so. Lord Acton was perfectly encapsulating ideas expressed by others before him.

Feb 28, 2022 Publications International Advocacy and Programming

HRC49: Open Letter To States On The Draft Resolution On Human Rights Defenders

CHRI is one of the signatories to this statement at the HRC signed by numerous CSOs urging the HRC to adopt a resolution "on human rights defenders operating in conflict and post-conflict situations.

Jan 28, 2022 About Us

London Office

Legal Research and Advocacy Officer, London office The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) is offering an exciting opportunity to work in a fast-paced environment, contributing to our human rights programmes in the areas of policy and legal analysis, research and advocacy.

Dec 17, 2021 In-the-news International Advocacy and Programming

Domestic Work is Work: 10 years after the adoption of the Domestic Workers Convention, domestic workers are still fighting for recognition

17 December 2021 Sneh Aurora, Director, Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative Laura Skadhauge Bloom, Legal Research and Advocacy Officer, Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative A decade ago, domestic workers rallied around a simple argument: Domestic Work is Work.

Dec 17, 2021 Press-releases

CHRI calls for decongestion of prisons: latest study shows 23% increase in prison population, lakhs more arrested in pandemic

  New Delhi, December 17, 2021 – The latest analysis on prison occupancy released today by the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative shows a 23 percent increase in the last two years, with over nine lakh more arrests during the pandemic alone.