Events
May 16, 2012 – Videoconference “Mainstreaming Human Rights into Impact Assessment”
The Human Rights Research and Education Centre invites you to the third videoconference of the series “Human Rights Impact Assessment” presented by Gillian MacNaughton, Northeastern University School of Law entitled “Mainstreaming Human Rights into Impact Assessment”
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
11:30 to 12:30
Fauteux 550 (room 559), University of Ottawa, 57 Louis Pasteur
Free, open to the public.
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Thursday, May 10, 2012 – Human rights and environmental justice: Challenges and Opportunities
*This conference will be held in French only
During the 80th ACFAS Conference 2012
Date : Mai 10, 2012
Location : Palais des congrès de MontrĂ©al, 1001 Place Jean-Paul-Riopelle, Montreal, QC Read more »
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News
June 1 & 2, 2012 – Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Course on international justice
On June 1-2, you have an opportunity to participate in a highly acclaimed Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Course on international justice. The course is being offered by the Canadian Centre for International Justice (CCIJ) in partnership with the University of Ottawa’s Human Rights Research and Education Centre.
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CEDAW Committee decision Cecilia Kell case
The CEDAW Committee has just issued its first decision on a complaint against Canada under the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women. It is a decision on a complaint filed by an Aboriginal woman in the Northwest Territories, Cecilia Kell, who is a member of the Rae-Edzo community. The Committee ruled that the NWT Housing Corporation and the Government of the Northwest Territories discriminated against her because the Housing Corporation was responsible for her losing ownership in her house in the community, and failed to provide her with adequate legal aid when she sought a remedy.
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Complaints regarding Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls in British Columbia, Canada
The Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC) and the Canadian Feminist Alliance for International Action (FAFIA) provided a thematic briefing to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights on March 28, 2012 in Washington D.C. on the disappearances and murders of Aboriginal women and girls in British Columbia, Canada. The one-hour briefing included presentations by NWAC and FAFIA, response by representatives of Canada (Justice, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and Indian and Northern Affairs Canada), and questions from the Commissioners.
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