Speaking Out on Human Rights: Debating Canada's Human Rights System 9780773591837

A critical analysis of the rhetoric and reality surrounding human rights commissions and tribunals, Canada's most c

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Speaking Out on Human Rights: Debating Canada's Human Rights System
9780773591837

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Pearl Eliadis

Table of contents :
Cover
Copyright
Contents
Acknowledgments
About This Book
Preface
Abbreviations
Introduction
I Introducing Human Rights Systems
2 Human Rights Systems Then and Now
3 Do We Still Need Them?
4 Are They Fair?
5 Signal Cases, Rights Conflicts, and Building a Human Rights Culture
6 Ideas for the Way Forward
APPENDIX ONE Interviews
APPENDIX TWO The Paris Principles
APPENDIX THREE Overview of Human Rights Systems in Canada
APPENDIX FOUR Recommendations for Changes to Human Rights Systems
Notes
Index

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