Independent Indigenous human rights system is overdue

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The Canadian Human Rights Commission welcomes the Final Report on Call for Justice 1.7 by the Crown-Indigenous Relations Ministerial Special Representative, Jennifer Moore Rattray, which was released last week. We applaud the work of the Ministerial Special Representative and are pleased to join the collective call for independent human rights mechanisms for Indigenous peoples in

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Joint Statement – Inclusion by everyone, for everyone

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This National AccessAbility Week is an opportunity to recommit to the removal of barriers and making Canada more accessible for everyone. Accessibility is a human right. Yet, people with disabilities continue to face barriers and discrimination. In 2023, the majority of complaints accepted by the Canadian Human Rights Commission were based on disability discrimination. Disability

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Canada must address harms of environmental racism

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Today on Earth Day, the Canadian Human Rights Commission is calling for the swift passage of the National Strategy Respecting Environmental Racism and Environmental Justice Act (Bill C-226). Environmental racism is a form of systemic racism that results in the disproportionate proximity and greater exposure of Indigenous, Black and other racialized communities to polluting industries

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Joint statement – Trans visibility starts by upholding trans human rights

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On International Transgender Day of Visibility, we celebrate trans people and their accomplishments, and we call on Canada to do more to uphold their fundamental human rights. Every trans person should be able to live free from discrimination as their true, visible selves. Today is also an important reminder that every trans, Two-Spirit, non-binary, and

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