Human Rights in Canada

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This source contains human rights law decisions from all LexisNexis Quicklaw court and tribunal full text and summary sources. (Note: this source does not include print law reports, which have their own classification schemes).The source includes decisions relative to violations of civil and human rights and the statutory and constitutional protections afforded those rights. It includes discriminatory behaviour and actions, reasonable limits on rights and freedoms (i.e. occupational requirements), remedies for violations, federal and provincial human rights legislation, the administrative structures that handle complaints, and the impact of the Canadian Bill of Rights and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.Please note that materials relative to the Canadian Bill of Rights and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms are also available in Constitutional Law Sources.

The database is a tool without parallel. It houses over 600 official documents, separated into three categories: instruments that are binding under international law (conventions/treaties); non-binding instruments, such as declarations of international organisations; and international monitoring documents, including jurisprudence of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the United Nations treaty bodies, which oversee Canada’s compliance with its international human rights obligations. It includes official documents that set out international human rights standards and information about Canada’s official position vis-à-vis international human rights instruments.

Legislation