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Under B.C.’s Human Rights Code, we are protected from discrimination on the basis of a number of grounds such as gender identity, race and disability. What does the next generation of British Columbians think about equal rights?
The report explains how the current system fails them and the need to work collectively towards greater justice through open dialogue, incorporating Indigenous legal definitions of human rights and mechanisms for ensuring fairness and freedom from discrimination.
On January 15, 2020, the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal released a report addressing serious access to justice concerns for Indigenous Peoples bringing human rights complaints to the Tribunal.
Nov 22, 2021 · Our Strategic Plan 2020/21-2024/25 outlines five program-related priorities: discrimination under B.C.’s Human Rights Code, decolonization, hate and the rise of white supremacy, poverty as a cause and effect of injustice and inequality and human rights protections for those detained by the state.
Sep 22, 2020 · The main recommendations broaden the concept of human rights, including adding Indigenous Identity to the BC Human Rights Code and incorporating Indigenous legal traditions and international human rights principles as reflected in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, which BC has recently committed to implementing ...
Aug 25, 2021 · In a world of great economic inequality, environmental and racial injustice, human rights law is not just necessary, it is a difference of not just life and death, but a difference of what it means to live and to be alive.
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(2021) "Legislation and beyond: Implementing and Interpreting the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Special Issue: British Columbia's Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act," UBC Law Review: Vol. 53: Iss. 4, Article 5. Available at: https://commons.allard.ubc.ca/ubclawreview/vol53/iss4/5