NHRC seeks report from CBI on probe against Lawyers Collective
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to report within four weeks on the status of the probe in its criminal case registered against Lawyers Collective.
Experts, HRDs discuss India’s, UN HRC member states’ performance at launch of CHRI ‘Easier Said Than Done’ report
New Delhi, 21 June: Diplomats, senior former officials from the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), academics, activists and human rights defenders today took part in a lively discussion on how UN Human Rights Council (HRC) member states performed on the ground in contrast to their pledges
NHRC urged to do more to observe trials as part of protection for RTI activists: CHRI
New Delhi, 19 June: The recent death of a youth in a brutal attack, a year after his father who was a prominent RTI activist was similarly killed, underlines growing concerns about the safety of rights defenders, the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) has said.
CSOs, human rights defenders welcome revival of dialogue by NHRC
New Delhi, June 14: Civil society groups and Human Rights Defenders (HRDs) from across India have welcomed the National Human Rights Commission’s (NHRC) revival of dialogue.
CHRI wins Commonwealth award for its work against contemporary slavery!
London, UK, 14 June 2019: The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) has been awarded a Commonwealth Secretary-General’s Innovation for Sustainable Development Award 2019, for its work on SDG 8.7 to eliminate contemporary forms of slavery across the Commonwealth.
UP journalist arrests show disregard for rule of law by state: SAMDEN
[Jagisha Arora, in green dress, the wife of journalist Prashant Kanojia who was arrested by UP Police, and other journalists stage a protest against Kanojia's arrest, at the Press Club in New Delhi on 10 June.
Consultation on Model SOP on Repatriation of Indian Nationals from Foreign Prisons
July 20, 2018 New Delhi, India A one-day Consultation was held by the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) to seek the feedback from Central and state agencies on the contours of a Draft Model Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) prepared for the effective implementation of the Rep
A historical background of Ghana's struggle to enact the Right to Information Act
In Ghana, article 21 (1) (f) of the 1992 Constitution guarantees every person the right to information subject to certain qualifications and laws necessary in a democratic society.
Easier Said Than Done (ESTD) Report based on the 39th Session of the UN Human Rights Council
The 'Easier Said Than Done' (ESTD) report is a part of the series started in 2008 by CHRI's International Advocacy and Programming (IAP) team to review the voting patterns of Commonwealth member states at the Human Rights Council (HRC) in Geneva.
Geneva: CHRI International Director speaks at Commonwealth Civil Society Seminar
[Pictured: Members of the seminar, including CHRI International Director, Sanjoy Hazarika (extreme left) and Yashasvi Nain, former CHRI lead of the International Advocacy Programme( who joined the Commonwealth Secretariat at Geneva as Human Rights adviser in March 2019 (second from right)] T