NHRC registering more cases, says there is more awareness
Cases registered by the National Human Rights Commission have gone up over the past three years, but those where monetary relief was recommended have in fact declined.
Leave No One Invisible: Data for SDG Accountability
24 Aug, 2016 By Trinanjan Radhakrishnan In September 2015, at the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Summit, 193 countries unanimously adopted the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Actionable Measures on Police Reforms
It is the State’s duty to provide the public with an efficient, responsive and law-abiding police service.
National Convention In Solidarity with the Victims of Torture
PRESS RELEASE From Horror to Healing Statement of the National Convention In Solidarity with the Victims of Torture New Delhi, June 24-25 2016 As the world observes June 26 in solidarity with victims of torture, the pervasive existence of torture within India is a crime deserving of
One day roundtable on Civil Society & Corporate Participation in Prisons held on 17th February, Jaipur
ThePrisonReformsProgrammeofCommonwealthHumanRightsInitiative(CHRI)jointlywithRajasthanStateHumanRightsCommission(RSHRC)organisedaonedayroundtableon‘CivilSocietyandCorporateParticipationinPrisons’on17thFebruary2014.ThepanelofspeakersconsistedofDr.
Latest Round of Executions in Indonesia for Drug-related Offenses
Letter to the President of Indonesia by Global South-based human rights NGOs– Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), Center for Human Rights of the University of Pretoria, Comisión Mexicana de Defensa y Promoción de los Derechos Humanos, Commonwealth Human Rig
Caste attrocities cases in Gujarat, investigations needs to be set right: Report by CHRI & NCDHR
Una, Gujarat: Following the attack on a Dalit family in Una district, Gujarat, the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative & the National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights have prepared a briefing note on standard of investigation in caste atrocity cases.
Human rights forum criticises Gujarat Police over dalit flogging
A human rights forum has rapped the Gujarat Police and the administration for their alleged sluggish response to the brutal beating of Dalit youths for skinning a dead cow at Gir Somnath.
CHRI/UNHCR to hold workshop for welfare officers in West Bengal
The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees will advise welfare officers in correctional homes on how to process applications for asylum seekers in West Bengal.Conference Hall, Jessop Building, Kolkata. July 26, 4pm.
London, United Kingdom
CHRI’s London office (registered charity no. 803325) is uniquely positioned to influence human rights in the Commonwealth.