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Human Rights Links

1. Provincial and Territorial Human Rights Agencies
2. International Human Rights Agencies
3. Federal Departments or Organizations with Human Rights Responsibilities
4. United Nations Organizations dedicated to the protection of Human Rights
5. United Nations tools for the enforcement of Human Rights
6. Non-Governmental Organizations
7. Acts, Tribunals and Judicial decisions
8. Universities
9. Others

Discrimination Prevention Links

• Duty to Accommodate - Employers
• Duty to Accommodate - Employees and Candidates
• Anti Racism / Diversity / Employment Equity Links
• handicapemploi.com
  

Please note that the Canadian Human Rights Commission is not responsible for the content of the Web Sites in this list. Furthermore, the organizations responsible for those Web Sites are not all subjected to the Official Languages Act and therefore some of them are not bilingual.

Provincial and Territorial Human Rights Agencies

• Alberta Human Rights and Citizenship Commission
• British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal
  
  See also : British Columbia Human Rights Coalition (en anglais seulement)
• Manitoba Human Rights Commission
• New Brunswick Human Rights Commission
• Newfoundland Human Rights Commission
• Northwest Territories Human Rights Commission
• Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission
• Ontario Human Rights Commission
• Prince Edward Island Human Rights Commission
• Québec - Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jeunesse
• Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission
• Yukon Human Rights Commission

International Human Rights Agencies

• African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights
• Asia-Pacific Forum of NHRI -(English only)
• Comisión Nacional de los Derechos Humanos - Mexique
• Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission - Australia
• Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
• Uganda Human Rights Commission
• University of Ottawa Human Rights Research and Education Centre - Provides a comprehensive list of Worldwide Human Rights Commissions and Organisations. 

See also: University of Ottawa Human Rights Research and Education Centre provides a comprehensive list of Worldwide Human Rights Commissions and Organisations.

Federal Departments or Organizations with Human Rights Responsibilities

• Aboriginal Canada Portal
• Canadian Council on Rehabilitation and Work (CCRW)
• Human Resources and Skills Development Canada
• Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
• Office for Disability Issues
• Office of the Correctional Investigator
• Public Service Commission of Canada
• Standing Commitee on Justice and Human Rights
• Status of Women Canada
• The Human Rights Program - Heritage Canada
  • Out and About
• Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat

United Nations Organizations dedicated to the protection of Human Rights

• Commission On Human Rights
• Commitee on the Rights of the Child
• Human Rights Commitee
• International Labour Organization
• Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
• Sub Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights
• UNESCO
• United Nations Association in Canada

United Nations tools for the enforcement of Human Rights

• Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
• Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
• Declaration on the Rights of the Child
• Declaration on the Rights of Disabled Persons
• Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious or Linguistic Minorities
• Declaration on the Right and Responsibility of Individuals, Groups and Organs of Society to Promote and Protect Universally Recognized Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
• Equal Remuneration Convention
• International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
• International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
• Universal Declaration of Human Rights
• Universal Declaration on the Human Genome

Non-Governmental Organizations

• Amnesty International
• Amnistie Internationale - French - Canadian Section
• Amnesty International - English - Canadian Section
• Amnistie Internationale - France
• British Columbia Human Rights Coalition
• Commonwealth National Human Rights Commissions Project
• Equality for Gays and Lesbians Everywhere (eGALE)
• Equitas - International Centre for Human Rights Education
• Human Rights Internet
• Human Rights Watch
• Human Rights Web
• International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development
• International Committee of the Red Cross
• International Federation of Human Rights Leagues
• National Human Rights Institution forum
• The Manitoba Association of Friendship Centres

Acts, Tribunals and Judicial decisions

• Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedom
• Canadian Human Rights Reporter
• Canadian Human Rights Act
• Canadian Human Rights Tribunal
• Department of Justice Canada
• Employment Equity Act
• European Court of Human Rights
• Federal Court of Canada
• International Criminal Tribunal
• Supreme Court of Canada
• The Human Rights Tribunal - Québec

Universities

• Columbia University, Center for the Study of Human Rights
• Human Rights Research and Education Center, University of Ottawa
• University of Minnesota, Human Rights Library
• University of Montreal - Faculty of Law - Research Center

Others

• Allergy and Environmental Health Association of Quebec
• AlterHeros (Website aimed at developing the public's awareness regarding sexual orientation issues)
• Bullying in the Workplace
• CLEONet
• Doctors Without Borders - Canada
• Exaequo - Montréal (available in French only)
• Help and Information Center on Sexual Harassment in the Workplace of Quebec
• Integration-Net (for the settlement community)
• Juristes sans frontières (available in French only)
• Nunavik's Portal
• Oasis Centre des femmes - Help line for violence victims (Southern Ontario-available in French only)
• Reporters Without Borders - France
• The North-South Institute