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The Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) works to promote, protect and advance human rights through research, education, targeted legal action and policy development. The Ontario Human Rights Commission was established as an arm’s length agency of government in 1961 to prevent discrimination and to promote and advance human rights in Ontario.
Human Rights Watch. Human Rights Without Frontiers International. HURIDOCS. IFEX. Independent Permanent Human Rights Commission. Institute for War and Peace Reporting. Interamerican Association for Environmental Defense. International Alliance of Women. International Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists.
Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion. Canadian Civil Liberties Association. Canadian Coalition for the Rights of Children. Canadian Council for Refugees. Canadian Human Rights Commission. Canadian Human Rights Tribunal. Canadian Museum for Human Rights. Canadian Unitarians for Social Justice. Centre for Law and Democracy.
The Ontario Human Rights Commission ( OHRC) was established in the Canadian province of Ontario on March 29, 1961, to administer the Ontario Human Rights Code. The OHRC is an arm's length agency of government accountable to the legislature through the Ministry of the Attorney General of Ontario . The OHRC's mandate under the Code includes ...
The government of Canada subdivides advocacy groups into "accident prevention associations, advocacy groups, animal rights organizations, antipoverty advocacy organizations, associations for retired persons, advocacy civil liberties groups, community action advocacy groups, conservation advocacy groups, drug abuse prevention advocacy organizations, environmental advocacy groups, humane society ...
The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (French: Tribunal des droits de la personne de l’Ontario) is an administrative tribunal in Ontario, Canada that hears and determines applications brought under the Ontario Human Rights Code, the provincial statute that sets out human or civil rights in Ontario prohibiting discrimination on the basis of a number of grounds (such as race, sex or disability ...
The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (French: Charte canadienne des droits et libertés ), often simply referred to as the Charter in Canada, is a bill of rights entrenched in the Constitution of Canada, forming the first part of the Constitution Act, 1982. The Charter guarantees certain political rights to Canadian citizens and civil ...
The Human Rights Code is a statute in the Canadian province of Ontario that guarantees equality before the law and prohibits discrimination in specific social areas such as housing or employment. The code's goal specifically prohibits discrimination based on race, colour, gender identity or expression, sex, sexual orientation, disability, creed ...