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Canadian Human Rights Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. H-6)

Country/Territory
Canada
Document type
Legislation
Date
1985 (2019)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Environment gen., General
Keyword
Traditional rights/customary rights Gender Indigenous peoples Human rights
Geographical area
Americas, Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic
Abstract

The purpose of this Act is to extend the laws in Canada to give effect, within the purview of matters coming within the legislative authority of Parliament, to the principle that all individuals should have an opportunity equal with other individuals to make for themselves the lives that they are able and wish to have and to have their needs accommodated, consistent with their duties and obligations as members of society, without being hindered in or prevented from doing so by discriminatory practices based on race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, family status, genetic characteristics, disability or conviction for an offence for which a pardon has been granted or in respect of which a record suspension has been ordered.

Full text
English/French
Website
www.gc.ca