A Human Rights Agenda for Canada: Overview
Feature: Human Rights Agenda Update 2007
Canada and the International Protection of Human Rights: An Erosion of Leadership?
“Canada’s principled, yet pragmatic, leadership on human rights and support for joint international action has made it a global human rights champion”, says Alex Neve, Secretary General of the English branch of Amnesty International Canada. “But recent positions adopted by the Canadian government risk undermining this leadership.”...
Canada has played an important role in both developing and strengthening the international human rights system and backed that up with important laws and institutions for the protection of human rights within Canada. But there is more that Canada must do to ensure that when it comes to human rights protection, there are no exceptions.
Amnesty International has layed out a range of vital recommendations for action by governments in Canada, across a wide variety of areas:
- counter-terrorism
- the rights of Indigenous peoples
- women’s rights
- refugee protection
- human rights and the economy
- the need for strong global rules and institutions
Amnesty International asks all levels of governments to implement recommendations in those areas and to ensure compliance with our international human rights obligations.
Updated: 10 December 2007