Roles & Duties of Para-Legal Volunteers North 24 Paraganas
The training was aimed at training the Para-Legal Volunteers appointed by the DLSA, North 24 Paraganas throughout the district to man the front office of the DLSA & SDLSC, Police Stations and Correctional Homes. It has always been noted that the clarity, awareness and knowledge regarding the roles and duties of paralegals is of utmost importance.
COVID-19 and Prisons in the Commonwealth: ‘Ensuring an Effective Response'
With the rising spread of the pandemic COVID-19 across the Commonwealth and globally, this document has been prepared to assist governments, prison departments, judiciary, legal services institutions and other stakeholders to undertake effective measures to ensure protection of all prisoners, prison administrators and staff, prison visitors and all persons associated with prisons.
Jail Mail: COVID-19 and Prisons in the Commonwealth ‘Ensuring an Effective Response’
Through this issue of Jail Mail, CHRI shares a note – COVID-19 and Prisons in the Commonwealth: ‘Ensuring an Effective Response’ addressed to the executive, judiciary, legal service providers and human rights institutions, on precautions to be taken inside prisons and measures to be adopted to ease overcrowding.
Covid-19 and Prisons: Ensuring an Effective Response
With the rising spread of the pandemic COVID-19 in India and globally, this document has been prepared by the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative to assist all state prison departments, judiciary, legal services institutions and other stakeholders to undertake effective measures to ensure protection of all prisoners, prison administrators and staff, prison visitors and all persons associated with
101 Questions on Prisons You Didn’t Know Whom to Ask
Prisons are closed spaces. Very little information is available on the daily lives and routines of prisoners. Additionally, very few people are interested in learning about the details of prison life unless they find themselves in one. This may mean that for many, questions they have on prisons, sparked either by curiosity or necessity, are often left unanswered.
Jail Mail: International Women’s Day 8th March 2020: ‘Securing rights of women prisoners’
On International Women's Day 2020, CHRI reiterates the need for collective engagements to secure the rights of women prisoners. To achieve it, CHRI has published a user's guide – Standards Behind Bars: Securing Rights of Women Prisoners.
STANDARDS BEHIND BARS: Securing Rights of Women Prisoners
With the aim to assist the prison administrators and policy makers to ensure that women’s gender-specific needs are adequately addressed during their period of incarceration, CHRI published this user's guide – Standards Behind Bars: Securing Rights of Women Prisoners.
Legal Awareness: Poster on Steps from Arrest to Appeal
This poster depicts the stages of a criminal trial. These are available in the following languages – Bengali, Burmese, English, Hindi, Kannada, Marathi, Malayalam, Punjabi and Urdu.
Legal Awareness: Poster on Legal Aid
This poster depicts information on legal aid for prisoners. These are available in the following languages – Bengali, Burmese, English, Hindi, Kannada, Marathi, Malayalam, Punjabi and Urdu.
Legal awareness material: NALSA SOP on Representation of Persons in Custody
This poster provides a precise of the NALSA SOP on Representation of Persons in Custody 2016, and lists the responsibilities of each stakeholder. These posters are meant for circulation to paralegal volunteers, legal aid lawyers, prison officers and legal aid authorities who are linked to prison legal aid clinics. These are available in English, Hindi and Bengali.