International Initiatives

"...Covenant rights should be enforceable within provinces and territories through legislation or policy measures and through the establishment of independent, transparent and effective monitoring and adjudication mechanisms. (UN Committee Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 2006)

Content

Holding Governments Accountable

De Schutter: Mission to Canada 2012

Universal Periodic Review of Canada (UPR) 2009

Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women

Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Human Rights Committee (HRC) 2006

United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing 2007

Inter-American Commission on Human Rights 2005

Hearing into Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women and Girls (2012)

Thematic Hearing into the Right to Adequate Housing

Promoting the International Adjudication of Social Rights

Challenging the Implementation Gap: The Ongoing Struggle for

International Human Rights in Canada

Alex Neve, Closing the Implementation Gap: Federalism and Respect for International Human Rights in Canada (Institute for Research in Public Policy, 2023)

Letter to Ministers Responsible for Human Rights_FTP2020

Lettre aux Ministres des droits humains_FTP2020

Amnesty International Letter, Nov 2020 FPT HR Meeting

Moving Forward: A Vision for Strengthened International Human Rights Implementation in Canada: FPT meeting 2017

Aller de l’avant : Une vision pour un renforcement de la mise en application des droits humains internationaux au Canada: FPT 2017

FPT Ministerial HR Meeting follow up 2018

Letter to Minister Rodriguez regarding FPT meeting follow-up 2018

Empty Words & Double Standards NGO Coalition Statement - Canada UPR 2012

Paroles Creuses et Deux Poids Deux Mesures UPR 2012 Francais

Promise and Reality: NGO Statement on implementation 2008

Les Promesses et la Réalité 2008 francais:

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