LibGuides: Indigenous Hub: Human Rights Commissions and Tribunals

Overview

Human rights are protected by both federal and provincial/territorial legislation. Human rights tribunals in Canada are crucial bodies designed to address discrimination and protect human rights as outlined in human rights legislation. Indigenous peoples in Canada have faced historical and ongoing systemic discrimination. Tribunals provide a formal mechanism to challenge these discriminatory practices. They provide a public platform for Indigenous voices to be heard and for their experiences of discrimination to be formally recognized.

BC Human Rights

BC’s Office of the Human Rights Commissioner

B.C.'s Office of the Human Rights Commissioner
BC’s Office of the Human Rights Commissioner exists to address the root causes of inequality, discrimination and injustice in our province by shifting laws, policies, practices and cultures. We do this work through education, research, advocacy, inquiry and monitoring.

The B.C. Human Rights Tribunal

The B.C. Human Rights Tribunal
The B.C. Human Rights Tribunal is an independent, quasi-judicial body created by the B.C. Human Rights Code. The Tribunal is responsible for accepting, screening, mediating, and adjudicating human rights complaints.
BC Human Rights Tribunal: Indigenous peoples and human rights

Canadian Human Rights

Canadian Human Rights Tribunal
The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal hears complaints about discrimination that are sent to by the Canadian Human Rights Commission
Canadian Human Rights Commission
The Canadian Human Rights Commission is Canada's national human rights institution. The Commission helps ensure that everyone in Canada is treated fairly, no matter who they are

Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
The principal function of the IACHR is to promote the observance and protection of human rights in the Americas. As Article 106 of the Charter of the Organization provides,

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
OHCHR and Indigenous Peoples
The UN Human Rights Office carries out a range of country-specific and regional activities to advance the rights of Indigenous Peoples