In Conversation With Maja Daruwala: “If we stop the denial, we may get to a solution.”
Maja Daruwala has been the Executive Director of the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) since 1996.
Careers: Chair, London Executive Committee
TheCommonwealthHumanRightsInitiativeisseekingaChairpersonfortheboardofTrusteesofourLondonoffice.CHRIisaninternationalhumanrightsnon-governmentalorganisationworkingacrosstheCommonwealthwithaparticularfocusonissuesaroundaccesstoinformationandaccesstojustice.
Commonwealth Secretaries-General and Human Rights: A Retrospective
Written by Dr. Dwayne Ryan Menezes exclusively for CHRI, this is an evaluation of the Commonwealth and the five Secretaries-General that have led the organisation for the past half-century. Dr. Menezes is the Director of the Human Security Centre.
CHRI interviews Kamalesh Sharma, outgoing Secretary-General of the Commonwealth
31 March, 2016 Mr. Kamalesh Sharma, the departing Secretary-General of the Commonwealth spoke with the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative via email. The staff of the London office of CHRI asked Mr.
Implementation : Information Commissions
RTI laws in some countries provide for the setting up of an Information Commission as the ultimate appellate and oversight body overseeing implementation and oversight of the law.
National Level RTI : Archives
Activities & Advocacy The University Grants Commission as a follow up to the implementation of the Right to Information Act, 2005 is going to release a draft RTI policy guideline for universities.
National Level RTI : Legislation
Status of the Right to Information Bill The draft bill on right to information has been posted on the government portal at http://www.ghana.gov.gh/index.php.There is also posted on the portal a Q & A that assists the public to have a quick glimpse of the bill.
First Ever All-Women RTI Workshop in J&K Highlights Growing Need for Right to Information in the State
23 March, 2016 By Manisha Chachra The first ever Right to Information (RTI) workshop for women in Jammu and Kashmir was held this week.
State Level RTI : Jammu and Kashmir
Law The Jammu and Kasmir Right to Information Act 2009 was passed by the State Legislature and it received the assent of the Governor on 20 March 2009.
Reforming Kenya's Counter-Terrorism Strategy: What Should the Commonwealth Do?
18 March, 2016 By Uladzimir Dzenisevich On the night of 4th May 2015, around 9:00 pm, 48-year-old Affey Ali was sitting outside his home in Shalatey village, Wajir County, in North East Kenya, when men in military fatigues approached him and ordered him to lie face down.