Coming home to jail
By Sana Das July 14, 2018 Why the Repatriation of Prisoners Act, 2003 will prove to be a win-win situation for India Two cases of repatriation of Indian nationals, the first being 52-year-old Ismail Samma of Gujarat, and the second, of a sick 21-year-old, Jetendaera Arjanwara of Madhya Pra
Staff Achievements
Raja Bagga (Police Reform Programme) received the prestigious Chevening Scholarship to study Criminal Justice Policy (MSc) at the London School of Economics in 2018. "The course fits perfectly with my five years of prison reform work at CHRI.
Experts Call for Accountability in UN Human Rights Council: CHRI report on Pakistan, Kenya, Australia, UK, Rwanda, South Africa and Nigeria released
Geneva -- Citing the poor quality of compliance by Commonwealth countries with their international commitments at the UN Human Rights Council (HRC), human rights experts and civil society groups strongly attacked what they called the ‘undemocratic practice’ of clean slate elections at th
Transparent political party funding through Electoral Bonds: Government of India proposes, State Bank of India disposes- an RTI tale
Image courtesy: https://www.inkcinct.com.au June 28, 2018 By Venkatesh Nayak Time and again, the Government of India has publicly said that donations to political parties made through Electoral Bonds (EBs) will increase transparency of political party funding.
Joint Statement on Ghana’s Right to Information Bill, 2018
July 2, 2018 The undersigned international organisations are committed to promoting and protecting the human right to access information held by public institutions or the right to information.
Manjula Shetye's Death in Byculla Jail: A Year on, Little has Changed
(thewire.in) By Sabika Abbas June 23 marked the first anniversary of the death of Manjula Shetye in Byculla women’s prison, at the very heart of Mumbai, following an alleged murderous assault by five women jail staffers, including the jailor.
Decriminalising and Declassifying Petty Offences In Ghana
Petty offences have existed as part of the criminal law of England and were incorporated in the laws of Ghana following its colonisation.
HAVE WE FAILED THE ROHINGYA?
June 20, 2018 By: Palak Chaudhari “yeh lo Rohingya ka bacha, photo le lo iska, sabko Rohingya ka bacha ka hi photo lena hota hai na.”(Here, this is the child of a Rohingya! Go ahead take a photo, everyone just wants to take pictures of a Rohingya child).
174 NGOs call on the United Nations to condemn Bangladesh drug war
(idpc.net) Civil society calls on the UN to take action in response to the killing of 130 people suspected of drug dealing by the Bangladeshi police.
Guide for Prison Officers Refugees & Asylum Seekers
Asylum Seekers and refugees often get detained for lack of proper knowledge and the ambiguity of existing law with regard to their protection in India.