{"id":268,"date":"2013-02-21T10:55:33","date_gmt":"2013-02-21T10:55:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.commonwealthofnations.org\/?page_id=268"},"modified":"2013-12-17T14:35:16","modified_gmt":"2013-12-17T14:35:16","slug":"human-rights","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.commonwealthofnations.org\/commonwealth-directory\/organisations-by-sector\/human-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"Human Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"

Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI)\"\"<\/a><\/h2>\n

B-117 2nd floor, Sarvodaya Enclave, New Delhi – 110017, India<\/p>\n

Tel:<\/strong> +91 11 4318 0200\/11 4318 0225-299 |\u00a0Fax: <\/strong>+91 11 2686 4688 \u00a0 Email: <\/strong>info@humanrightsinitiative.org<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 www.humanrightsinitiative.org\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

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CHRI Africa Office<\/em><\/p>\n

House No. 9, Samora Machel Street, Asylum Down, opposite Beverly Hills Hotel, Near Trust Towers, Accra, Ghana<\/p>\n

Tel\/fax:<\/strong> +233 302 971 170 | Email:<\/strong> chriafrica@humanrightsinitiative.org<\/a> chri_info@yahoo.com.au<\/a><\/p>\n

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CHRI London Office<\/em><\/p>\n

School of Advanced Study, University of London, 2nd Floor, South Block, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU, UK<\/p>\n

Tel:<\/strong> +44 20 7862 8857 |\u00a0Fax:<\/strong> +44 20 7862 8820 |\u00a0Email:<\/strong> chri@sas.ac.uk\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

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CHRI is an international NGO that works for the practical realisation of human rights throughout the Commonwealth. It has been headquartered in India since 1993. CHRI also has offices in Ghana and the UK.<\/p>\n

CHRI advocates for better respect for, protection and promotion of international human rights standards and ensuring greater adherence to Commonwealth Harare principles. Issues relating to accountability and participation in governance \u2013 access to justice and access to information \u2013 are at the heart of CHRI\u2019s work. It also overviews the human rights situation in countries of the Commonwealth, looking especially at human rights defenders, compliance with international treaty obligations and monitoring the performance of Commonwealth members of the United Nations Human Rights Council.<\/p>\n

Foundation: <\/b>1987. CHRI\u2019s founding organisations are Commonwealth Journalists Association, Commonwealth Lawyers Association, Commonwealth Legal Education Association, Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, Commonwealth Press Union and Commonwealth Broadcasting Association.<\/p>\n

Chief Functionaries: <\/b>Chair, Internal Advisory Commission: Yashpal Ghai (Kenya); Chair, Executive Committee Africa Office: Samuel Awuku Okudzeto (Ghana); Chair, Executive Committee (Headquarters): B G Verghese (India); Chair, Executive Committee (UK): Neville Linton (UK); Director: Maja Daruwala<\/p>\n

Activities: <\/b>Within the access to justice programme, CHRI\u2019s main focus is on police reform and prison reforms.<\/p>\n

CHRI\u2019s access to information (ATI) programme works to promote and protect the right to access information, and to catalyse the development and implementation of ATI regimes in all regions of the Commonwealth, especially focusing on Africa and South Asia. CHRI\u2019s Strategic <\/ins>Initiatives Programme works on monitoring, from a human rights perspective, the performance of Commonwealth institutions, Commonwealth members at the UN Human Rights Council, national human rights institutions <\/ins>in the Commonwealth, LGBTI (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex) rights in the Commonwealth countries and specific country situations of concern. For each Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, CHRI produces a report on an issue of human rights concern within the Commonwealth (these can be downloaded at CHRI\u2019s website) and organises the Commonwealth Human Rights Forum to coincide with the meeting to ensure the active engagement of civil society.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) B-117 2nd floor, Sarvodaya Enclave, New Delhi – 110017, India Tel: +91 11 4318 0200\/11 4318 0225-299 |\u00a0Fax: +91 11 2686 4688 \u00a0 Email: info@humanrightsinitiative.org\u00a0\u00a0 www.humanrightsinitiative.org\u00a0   CHRI Africa Office House No. 9, Samora Machel … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":241,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n