Reaffirming Canada's Commitments to International Human Rights

Poverty and Parliament, Spring 2009

3 Pages Posted: 24 Jul 2014

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Bruce Porter

Social Rights Advocacy Centre

Leilani Farha

Canada Without Poverty

Date Written: 2009

Abstract

In February 2009 the Government of Canada was, once again, urged by the United Nations to address the growing gap between its international human rights obligations and the reality facing vulnerable groups in Canada.  This time the concerns and recommendations came from many diverse states participating in the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Canada.  Canada has the opportunity to engage meaningfully in the UPR process that it helped create by responding constructively to the important concerns and recommendations that were expressed. But this will mean treating our international human rights obligations here at home much more seriously than has been done in recent years.

Keywords: Canada, United Nations, human rights, Universal Periodic Review, UPR, recommendations, international

Suggested Citation

Porter, Bruce and Farha, Leilani, Reaffirming Canada's Commitments to International Human Rights (2009). Poverty and Parliament, Spring 2009, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2467574

Bruce Porter (Contact Author)

Social Rights Advocacy Centre ( email )

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Leilani Farha

Canada Without Poverty ( email )

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