Transcript PROTECTING HUMAN RIGHTS HUMAN RIGHTS – Rights that are

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HUMAN RIGHTS
KEY TERMS
HUMAN RIGHTS
Fundamental rights to which all
people are entitled
DISCRIMINATION
Treating a person unfairly because
of race, religion, ability, etc.
STEREOTYPING
Having a simplified fixed
judgment on a group of people
PREJUDICE
A preconceived opinion
based on stereotypes or
inadequate information.
HUMAN RIGHTS CODES
Legal documents that protect people
PROTECTING HUMAN RIGHTS
HUMAN RIGHTS – Rights that are considered basic to life in any human society.
This concept can vary from society to society.
Residential Schools
THE GLOBAL MOVEMENT
Human rights became a global issue after WW II
UNIVERSAL DECLARATION
OF HUMAN RIGHTS
-backed by the UN after
-“all human beings are born free & equal in
dignity & rights”.
-Most countries have agreed to these principles.
-Problem – the only power the UN has is
‘world attention.’
-Not part of binding international law.
Stalin’s Purges
Apartheid
Protest in China
INTERNATIONAL COURTS
AND TRIBUNALS
1946 International Court of Justice (Both parties had to agree)
2002 a more permanent International Criminal Court established.
USA, China & others opposed (internal courts sufficient)
World Abuses
1870-1996Canada’s Indian Act &
Residential Schools
1900-69 Australia ‘Stolen Generation’
1924-53 Stalin
1939-45 Holocaust
1948-94 Apartheid
1959-? Chinese occupied Tibet
1971-79 Dictatorship in Uganda
1989 Tiananmen Square China
1991-99 Civil War Sierra Leone
1992-95 Bosnian War
1994 Rwandan Genocide
2004 Darfur genocide
Rwandan Genocide
HUMAN RIGHTS
IN CANADA
CANADIAN HUMAN
RIGHTS ACT – CHRA
Covers Fed. Regulated Business
ie. Banks, airlines, Canada Post,
& National Media
Grounds For Discrimination:
Race
Ethnicity
Age
Marital Status
Pardons
Colour
Religion
Gender
Hate mail
Pay Equity
Sexual Orientation
Physical / Mental Disabilities
PROV. HUMAN RIGHTS CODES
Codes are subject to Can. Charter of
Rights & Freedoms.
See Girl/Boys Hockey p. 137.
Annika Sorenstam
The first woman to play
in a men's pro golf
tournament in over 50 years, calls the
Colonial her "own personal Everest."
She leaves it up to others to predict how
her breaking of this gender barrier will
affect the golf world. Men?????
FILING A COMPLAINT
Possible
Remedies
Prima Facie
Prove the unjust.
ie. Best person
for job!!
-Stop injustice
- $$$$$
-Job
-Programs
-Training
Advocating your rights
CANADIAN HUMAN RIGHTS ACT
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Covers Fed. Regulated Business
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Banks, airlines, Canada Post, & National Media
Tenant vs.
Landlord Rights
B.C. Human Rights Code
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Discrimination (age, ancestory, colour, family/marital status,
disability, religion, sex, sexual orientation.
Employment, tenancy, property, accommodation, services,
public facilities, & hate propaganda.
A Tribunal hears complaints (2009 = 1100)
Can you recall
any recent media
stories?
Supreme Court (Highest Court)
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PM/GG appointed from all regions.
Sets Precedent for the country.
Aboriginal Rights
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Residential Schools, poverty, treaty issues, education, fishing.
Gender Equity
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Less pay, out # CEOs, > part time,
Preferential Hiring
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Affirmative action vs. reverse discrimination.
Children’s Rights
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Ministry of Children & Family Dev’t
2007 = 1 in 10 children living in poverty.
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Debate – less taxes, affordable child care,
housing, schools
Gender Equity vs.
Preferential Hiring