Human Rights

Definition of Human Rights

Human Rights are the principles in which all human beings should have access to,
regardless of their colour, creed or sexual orientation.

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 Timeline of Events

1775
539 BC
The American
Babylon
Revolution

1215 AD 1800
The Magna Napoleon Boneparte
Carta begins his rule
 Timeline of Events Continued..

1814
Napoleon Boneparte 1945
gets overthrown Post WW2

1915 1948
Mahatma Gandhi United Nations
 The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedom

A component of the constitution, protecting every Canadian’s right to equal

treatment under the law

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 The Canadian Human Rights Act

An Act allowing equal opportunity among

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”.

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 The Ontario Human Rights Code

Prohibits actions that discriminate against people based on a protected

ground in a protected social area.

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 Indienous Human Rights in Canada

● Lack of clean water in reserves

● The Canadian government
launched an inquiry for
indigineous women and children
● The government allocated $53.8
million to the inquiry

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 Bill 21

● In June 2019, Quebec passed Bill 21 which prohibits

public employees from wearing religious symbols at
work
● This bill specifically targets Muslim women and Sikh
men, not allowing them to take roles such as police
officer and teachers.

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 Discrimination due to Race

● With the COVID-19 pandemic, the rise in south-east

asian hate crime skyrocketed, specifically in 2021

● In 2021, there was a rise of 202 incidents of hate

crime,a rise of 300% from 2019

● Black Canadians also faced mass discrimination

throughout 2021.

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International Human Rights Violations - Palestine

● With the conflict ongoing in Israel and occupied Palestine,

the Isreali government and military has committed several
human rights violations and war crimes
● These include killing and injuring many innocent civilians

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 International Human Rights Violations - Iran

● Iran, a muslim country, forces women to wear the hijab,

● Women who refuse to wear the hijab are subject to
abuse, imprisonment and sometimes death, as in the
case of Mahsa Amini
● This is a human rights violation

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 The Future of Human Rights in Canada and Internationally

● Launch of National Inquiry for Missing and Murdered Indigineous

Women
● Internationally, it is up to the countries to follow the declaration of
human rights, and the responsibility of ally countries to hold them
accountable

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