Sponsors

CHRI was founded by five professional bodies:  The Commonwealth Journalists Association (CJA)  The Commonwealth Lawyers Association (CLA)   The Commonwealth Legal Education Association (CLEA)   The Commonwealth Trade Union Council  The Commonwealth Med

Executive Committee, United Kingdom

The Executive Committee of CHRI UK, which was registered as a charity in April 1990, oversees the work of CHRI's London office. The Executive Committee includes members from diverse backgrounds and expertise.

Police Reforms : Pakistan

Overview Under the 1973 Constitutional framework, policing is treated as a provincial subject in Pakistan. Each of its four provinces – Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab and Sindh – has its own civilian police force with jurisdiction extending only to their own territory.

Police Reforms : The Maldives

Overview Until 2004, the police in the Maldives functioned as a paramilitary force under the Ministry of Defence and National Security.

Police Reforms : South Asia

Bangladesh, India, the Maldives, Pakistan and Sri Lanka make up Commonwealth South Asia. Policing in this particular region contends with diverse societies, violent crime, protracted conflict, poverty, and political unrest.

Police Reform

CHRI's police reforms programme aims to realise increased demand for rights-based police reform and the strengthening of police accountability in the Commonwealth.

Strategic Initiatives : Strategic Litigation

We pursue the issues of dismal prison oversight and unnecessary, prolonged and wrongful detention of prisoners before the judiciary to ensure that laws are interpreted and enforced properly.

Prison Visiting System

As long back as 1894, the government accepted by way of Section 59(25) in the Prison Act that a system of visitors both from civil society and government in prisons would be of value to the management and monitoring of prisons. Thus, making it mandatory to have a prison visiting system at place.

Prison Reform

Positioned at the very end of the criminal justice system, prisons and prisoners get minimal attention. Intended to keep the convicted away from society, prisons are often places of injustice with little possibility of rehabilitation.

Fact finding missions

When faced with human rights emergencies or serious human rights situations in Commonwealth countries, CHRI organises fact finding missions to gather first hand information and evidence to put before Commonwealth bodies and the international community.