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Apr 30, 2020 In-the-news

Sanjoy Hazarika sheds light on ‘new normal’

Session centre around lockdown, its impact globally (Tribune News Service) April 29, 2020 A lot of people have been probably asking about a term, new normal, during the lockdown, which has been extended again in Punjab.

Apr 27, 2020 In-the-news International Advocacy and Programming

Coalition Against Torture: Government officials should be accountable for excessive use of force, ill-treatment during COVID-19 lockdown

April 23, 2020 (amnesty.org.

Apr 27, 2020 In-the-news International Advocacy and Programming

COVID-19 Lockdown in India – Need For A Tailored Approach As One Size Does Not Fit All Its Regions

April 25, 2020 (Ejil Talk) Written by Sarthak Roy and Niriksha Sanghvi The coronavirus disease (or covid-19) pandemic has created an unprecedented situation across the world with States struggling to treat infected persons and contain the spread of the virus, which has no known cure as yet.

Apr 27, 2020 In-the-news

Listening, leading and learning at the UN Human Rights Council: A Commonwealth story

  22 April 2020 By Sanjoy Hazarika, international director of the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI), and convenor of the Working Group on Human Rights in India and the UN Image: Anne Pakoa (Vanuatu Human Rights Coalition), Turenga Nakalevu (Homes of Hope), Sanjoy Hazari

Apr 16, 2020 Resources

Access to Justice During Covid-19

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Apr 09, 2020 Publications Police Reform

Joint Civil Society Letter to the NHRC on Oversight during COVID 19 Pandemic

Forty Eight civil society organisations and individuals jointly wrote to the NHRC seeking oversight of actions taken by administrations and police departments in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Apr 08, 2020 In-the-news International Advocacy and Programming

COVID-19: Jailed Human Rights Defenders Must Be Released Immediately

8 April 2020 Paris,   In light of the serious threat posed to prisoners by the rapidly spreading novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, FIDH and its undersigned member organisations recall governments' obligation to ensure the safety and health of detained individuals that are under t

Apr 08, 2020 Publications Police Reform

CHRI releases Guidelines to Police on Respecting Human Rights while Enforcing the Lockdown

With the rising spread of the pandemic COVID-19 , this document has been prepared by the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative  which proposes actionable measures to assist police departments across India to implement the critical task of enforcing the current nationwide lockdown within the Cons

Apr 08, 2020 In-the-news International Advocacy and Programming

CPJ, 80 media and rights groups urge African heads of state to release jailed journalists

To:       President of Algeria Abdelmadjid Tebboune  President of Benin Patrice Talon President of Burundi Pierre Nkurunziza President of Cameroon Paul Biya President of Chad Idriss Deby President of Egypt Abdel Fattah el-Sisi President of Erit