Canada’s response to the fourth Universal Periodic Review (UPR4) is now available online on the United Nations Human Rights Council website (OHCHR | Universal Periodic Review – Canada). Ambassador Leslie E. Norton, Permanent Representative of Canada to the UN in Geneva, will be presenting Canada’s response at the Human Rights Council (date to be confirmed). We …
Canada is currently undergoing its Universal Periodic Review. Attached is the report Canada just submitted to this process. The process is as follows: Canada makes and submits this report, other states are able to review and make recommendations, and then there is a final review hearing and report from the UN human rights committee. Other countries …
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This year, the world commemorates the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) – a miraculous text adopted by the United Nations. The Human Rights 75 initiative, led by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) recalls the consensus imagined by the UDHR, looks to the future, and seeks to …
Universal Periodic Review of Canada March 29, 2023 Submission by the Canadian Coalition for the Rights of Children Who we are: The Canadian Coalition for the Rights of Children (CCRC) is a national umbrella group of organizations and individuals committed to the full implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in Canada …
Check this out from Child Rights Connect: On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of Child Rights Connect, you are cordially invited to our Conference: Changing the Narrative: Promoting positive change with children around 40 years of civil society advocacy in Geneva. Child Rights Connect this year celebrates 40 years since its establishment, at a time when …
Universal Periodic Review of Canada March 29, 2023 Submission by the Canadian Coalition for the Rights of Children Who we are: The Canadian Coalition for the Rights of Children (CCRC) is a national umbrella group of organizations and individuals committed to the full implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in Canada …
Join us on May 17 & 18 to watch the UN review Canada under the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Sign up here. Young people watching can comment in the chat and we will share these with government after the event. We also welcome other Civil Society Actors to watch with us! You …