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Sep 06, 2022 About Us

Partnerships and Engagement Coordinator, London office

The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) is offering an exciting opportunity to work in a fast-paced environment, supporting a global team to achieve its ambitions in combatting contemporary forms of human slavery and ending human rights abuses in the Commonwealth.

Jul 30, 2022 Press-releases

World Day Against Trafficking in Persons: Still a long way to go to achieve SDG Target 8.7

London, July 30 - Today is World Day Against Trafficking in Persons. As we observe this day, we note that contemporary forms of slavery, including human trafficking, continues to be a heinous crime impacting women, men and children across the world. From the 40.

Jul 21, 2022 Press-releases

Togo and Gabon’s Admission to the Commonwealth: Member States Must Uphold Commonwealth Standards of Human Rights and Democracy

London, July 21 - With the recent addition of Togo and Gabon as the 55th and 56th members of the Commonwealth, the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) reiterates the need for Member States to comply with the fundamental principles and values as enshrined in Commonwealth frameworks, including

Jun 24, 2022 Blog

Reimagining pre trial justice: An overview of pre trial detention Sierra Leone

June 24, 2022 By: Ms. Lydia Winyi Kembabazi1 Globally, there are over three million people held in pre-trial detention and other forms of remand imprisonment throughout the world with a 30% rise of pre-trial detainees globally since the year 20002.

Jun 22, 2022 Blog

Pre-trial justice in the Commonwealth – challenges for 2022

June 22, 2022 By: Catherine Heard[1] According to the current prison occupancy levels shown on our World Prison Brief database, over 60% of Commonwealth countries are running their prison systems above official capacity – many of them at well over 150% of capacity.

Jun 19, 2022 Blog

Pre-Trial Detention Time Limits: The Law on Paper and in Practice

June 19, 2022 By: Victor Chagunyuka Mhango [1] Malawi adopted a new constitutional order in 1995.

Jun 18, 2022 Blog

A petty legacy: Reducing pre-trial detention overcrowding by ending the criminalisation of poverty and status

June 18, 2022 By: Louise Edwards[1] A troubling legacy of the shared colonial history across the Commonwealth is the inheritance of criminal laws that, despite independence and democratic transformations, have either remained unchanged, or have been retained in some form.

Jun 17, 2022 Blog

Pre-trial detention is structural violence

June 17, 2022 By: Ambika Satkunanathan Pre-trial detention, particularly extended pre-trial detention, is common in South Asia with persons in pre-trial detention often constituting the majority of the prison population.

Jun 16, 2022 Publications International Advocacy and Programming

Joint Statement on Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking For Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) 2022

Joint Statement on Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking For Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) 2022 Endorsed by Global, Regional, National Civil Society Organisations[1] June 2022 Modern slavery encompasses practices which include human trafficking, fo

Jun 16, 2022 Press-releases

CHRI GOES TO CHOGM 2022

London 16 June 2022 - The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) will participate in events planned around the 26th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) scheduled for 21 - 25 June in Kigali, Rwanda.