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posted by CCLA in on Apr 24, 2013 - View profile
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Challenging Canada's Human Rights Record At the UN
3:00pm
- 5:00pm
Monday April 29 2013
The United Nations Human Rights Council is now conducting its comprehensive review of Canada’s compliance with international human rights laws – its Universal Periodic Review (UPR).
A delegation of Canadian civil society groups was in Geneva last month, March 2013, to attend a meeting of the UN Human Rights Council – to tell the Council the truth about the reality of Canada’s human rights record vis-a-vis its obligations with respect to all of the international human rights legal instruments to which it is signatory. This is the second UPR for Canada.
On Monday April 29, 2013 a few of the Canadian NGOs that were there in March – among them the Metro Toronto Chinese & South East Asian Legal Clinic (MTCSEALC), Colour of Poverty – Colour of Change, the African Canadian Legal Clinic (ACLC) and the Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) will be explaining the UPR process and discussing their experiences – together with an online viewing of the actual formal UPR session with the Canadian Government – having just taken place in Geneva on April 26!
Join us for a special FREE panel presentation on human rights advocacy and the UN human rights review process, watch the Canadian Government’s response to the review online, and then take part in a discussion about future options, approaches and possibilities!
Speakers:
- Margaret Parsons, Executive Director, African Canadian Legal Clinic
- Nathalie Des Rosiers, General Counsel, Canadian Civil Liberties Association
Moderator:
- Avvy Go, Clinic Director, Metro Toronto Chinese & South East Asian Legal Clinic
The event is organized by:
• African Canadian Legal Clinic
• Canadian Civil Liberties Association
• Colour of Poverty – Colour of Change
• Metro Toronto Chinese & South East Asian Legal Clinic.
With the co-sponsorship of the CAW-Sam Gindin Chair in Social Justice & Democracy and the Ryerson Centre for Immigration & Settlement.
To read more about CCLA’s su
Organizer:mail@ccla.org; 416-363-0321
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