India must uphold its pledges to human rights: Worrying gap between commitment and practice
Aug 8, 2019 By Sarthak Roy and Aditi Patil (southasiamonitor.
CHRI urges Centre to 'uphold rights, dignity and safety of all people' in Jammu and Kashmir
Aug 7, 2019 New Delhi, India Concerned about controversial, widespread constitutional changes in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) has urged the Government of India to "uphold the rights, dignity, safety, security of all people living there"
Bangladesh at UNCAT: Dhaka urged to implement recommendations
Aug 05, 2019 New Delhi, India The Bangladesh Government, which submitted its first ever report on the United Nations Convention against Torture (UNCAT), is being urged to implement the recommendations of the UN Committee against Torture (CAT) in Geneva.
Commonwealth anti-slavery network launches
30 July 2019 LONDON, UK The Commonwealth 8.7 launches on World Day against Trafficking in Persons. The network launches with over 60 local, grassroots civil society organisations working to eradicate contemporary forms of slavery across the Commonwealth.
RTI Amendment Bill 2019: Government is trying to fix something that ain't broke?
Image courtesy: www.orissapost.com July 22, 2019 By: Venkatesh Nayak “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”- is an age-old saying that has guided many a practical person, including governments.
Release all imprisoned journalists: International media rights groups tell governments
[Britain’s Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt, Canada’s Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland and human rights lawyer Amal Clooney attend a news conference on media freedom.
CHRI among human rights organisations petition for probe into alleged torture of Ghanian journalist
GhanaWeb | July 4 Human Rights Organisations have hinted of petitioning the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) to investigate and take necessary action in an alleged manhandling and torture of a journalist who is also the editor of an online news portal, Moder
CHRI's delivers Oral Statement at the 41st Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council
3 July, Geneva CHRI made an Oral Statement at the General Debate in the UN Human Rights Council's 41st Regular Session under Agenda Item 4 on 3 July 2019. This was a general debate on human rights situations that require the Council's attention.
Human Rights Groups want India to Prosecute Cops for Custodial Deaths of Two Youth
July 2 | Sikh Siyasat Bureau Read the full story.
Advocacy, Transparency, Challenges and Successes: CHRI's second quarterly newsletter for 2019
We bring to you the second CHRI Quarterly newsletter for 2019. In this newsletter, we share with you some good news and some bad. As always, our team remains committed to its mandate of securing human rights and access to justice for all, especially the vulnerable.