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Oct 13, 2019 Press-releases

CHRI asks Maldives to cancel revocation of civil society group license

Oct 12, 2019 New Delhi,  India Terming Maldives Government action against a prominent civil society group as “excessive and arbitrary”, the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) today urged the Maldives to restore the license of the Maldivian Democracy Network (MDN)

Oct 10, 2019 Events

Launch of Maharashtra Police Complaints Authorities: A User Guide (English, Hindi And Marathi)

The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) is launching the Maharashtra Police Complaints Authorities: A User Guide (English, Hindi and Marathi) on 11 October, 2019, from 2:30pm - 3:30 pm at Conference Hall, Mumbai Press Club, Glass House, Azad Maidan, Mahapalika Marg, Mumbai.

Oct 08, 2019 Press-releases

Pakistan: Poor and marginalized suffer disproportionately from capital punishment

FIDH - International Federation for Human Rights and its member organization in Pakistan Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) Joint press release Pakistan: Poor and marginalized suffer disproportionately from capital punishment Click here to read the report: https://bit.

Oct 06, 2019 Blog

MHA confirms restrictions in J&K are only in the mind: RTI reveals it has no papers about shutdown orders even as Kerala High Court says internet access is a fundamental right

Image courtesy: https://scroll.in/ Oct 06, 2019 By: Venkatesh Nayak It has been more than three months since several parts of the State of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) are without access to mobile telephony and Internet.

Oct 03, 2019 About Us

Programme Officer, Access to Information Programme

The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) is an independent, non-partisan, non-profit, non-governmental organisation working for human rights across the Commonwealth.

Oct 02, 2019 Publications Access to Information

The Right To Information-Ghana's Journey (1992-2019)

Several international and regional instruments and declarations that Ghana is party to, provide for the enactment of freedom of information legislation. The Universal Declaration on Human Rights and Article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights are examples.

Sep 12, 2019 Press-releases

Trafficking in Pacific will end only if Govts and CSOs work together: CHRI

Sept 12, 2019 Geneva With moving testimony about the challenges of rising human trafficking and contemporary forms of slavery, civil society leaders from Fiji and Vanuatu called on governments and international stakeholders here to work with civil society in the Pacific to address the issue an

Sep 09, 2019 Press-releases

Chri Delivers Oral Statement At The 42nd Regular Session Of The Un Human Rights Council

Sept 09, 2019  CHRI made a statement in the Clustered Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery and the Working Group on the use of mercenaries. The statement was made by Ms.

Sep 09, 2019 Publications International Advocacy and Programming

Opening statement by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet at the 42nd session of the Human Rights Council

Opening statement by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet Geneva, 9 September 2019 Distinguished President of the Council, Excellencies, Colleagues and Friends, A year has gone by since I began my mandate.sp; I won´t lie to you, it has not been an easy task.

Sep 06, 2019 Press-releases

Anti-women violence: CHRI asks Ramaphosa to spell out plans

Sept 6, 2019 New Delhi, India The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) today called on South African authorities to take strong action within the law to stop the escalation of violence against women in that country, noting that a major nationwide strike on the issue was gathering extens