Workshop for Human Rights Defenders to  gain rights in various custodial institutions
Workshop for Human Rights Defenders to gain rights in various custodial institutions

Workshop for Human Rights Defenders to gain rights in various custodial institutions

Institute of Human Rights Advocacy and Research conducted a two days Training for Human Rights Defenders at Chennai on 17th & 18th Jan 2017. 39 participants took part in this…

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Follow-up Audit Workshop
Follow-up Audit Workshop

Follow-up Audit Workshop

Follow-up meeting on Training programme for Human Rights Defenders on various Human Rights Perspectives held on 22nd & 23rd January 2016, Chennai Human Rights Institute conducted a follow-up meeting for…

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Drafting an Alternative Tamil Nadu Police Bill Replacing The Police Act of 1861 and Other Police Laws
Drafting an Alternative Tamil Nadu Police Bill Replacing The Police Act of 1861 and Other Police Laws

Drafting an Alternative Tamil Nadu Police Bill Replacing The Police Act of 1861 and Other Police Laws

REPORT   A Consultation on Drafting an Alternative Tamil Nadu Police Bill 2014 Replacing The Police Act of 1861 was jointly organised by Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI), Campaign for…

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Tamil Nadu Police (Reforms) Ordinance, 2013  Analysis and Recommendations for Amendments
TN Police Reforms, 2013

Tamil Nadu Police (Reforms) Ordinance, 2013 Analysis and Recommendations for Amendments

Introduction   This submission represents the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative’s (CHRI) consideration of the Tamil Nadu Police (Reforms) Ordinance and our corresponding recommendations. We have analysed the Ordinance, identified gaps…

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Fact Finding: R.Jayvel’s custodial death at Villupuram Railway police station
R.Jayvel’s custodial death at Villupuram Railway police station

Fact Finding: R.Jayvel’s custodial death at Villupuram Railway police station

Back Ground of the case:  On 06/05/2014 R.Jayvel, S/o Raja aged 35 years, a newspaper vendor at Villupuram railway station was arrested by Villupuram railway police regarding a passenger’s cellphone…

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Fact finding: Custodial death of Ramesh at Red Hills Police Station on 20/08/2014.
Custodial death of Ramesh at Red Hills Police Station

Fact finding: Custodial death of Ramesh at Red Hills Police Station on 20/08/2014.

Ramesh (a) “Allah” Ramesh, resident of tsunami housing colony, Semmancherry, was picked up by the special team led by Assistant Commissioner of police (Puzhal) S. Mannar Mannan and Red Hills…

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