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== HUMAN RIGHTS ==
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=== IN THE SPOTLIGHT ===
*<big>Read Amnesty International Canada’s post [https://www.amnesty.ca/blog/five-torture-myths-debunked-0 "Five torture myths debunked”] to mark International Day in Support of Victims of Torture on June 26 (June 25, 2019)</big>
*<big>Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms: New, accessible certificate versions in English, French and 29 other languages now available on [https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/06d31e10-a2a8-4d53-9ff3-567714a0a9f3 Open Government] (June 20, 2019)</big>
*<big>World Day Against Child Labour – June 12: [https://www.ilo.org/ipec/Campaignandadvocacy/wdacl/lang--en/index.htm Download the 2019 campaign poster] on this year’s theme “Children shouldn’t work in fields, but on dreams!” (May 31, 2019)</big>
*<big>In the Headlines: UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People (UNDRIP) - [https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/undrip-bill-senate-committee-1.5153208 Private member’s bill inching toward passage] CBC News (May 28, 2019)</big>
*<big>Celebrate International Year of Indigenous Languages by [https://blog.nfb.ca/blog/2019/02/14/indigenous-languages/ watching films on NFB playlist]</big>
*<big>National AccessAbility Week 2019 - May 26 to June 1: [https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/campaigns/national-accessability-week.html Let’s change the way we think, talk and act!] (May 25, 2019)</big>
*<big>In the Headlines: [https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/bill-21-united-nations-human-rights-concerns-1.5145344 UN expresses concern about Quebec’s Bill 21] (CBC News – May 22, 2019)</big>
*<big>In the Headlines: Secretary General Amnesty International Canada contributes article [https://www.hilltimes.com/2019/05/22/time-is-ticking-for-mps-senators-to-pass-human-rights-bills/200895 “Time is ticking for MPs, Senators to pass human rights bills”] The Hill Times (May 22, 2019)</big>
*<big>In the Headlines: [https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/viola-desmond-10-bill-wins-banknote-design-competition-1.5116527 Canada wins Bank Note of the Year Award for Viola Desmond $10 bill] (CBC - April 30, 2019)</big>
*<big>Read Amnesty International’s [https://www.amnesty.ca/news/amnesty-international-releases-2019-human-rights-agenda-canada-ahead-federal-election 2019 Human Rights Agenda for Canada] (April 8, 2019)</big>
*<big>Statement: [https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/news/2019/01/statement-by-minister-rodriguez-and-minister-bennett-on-the-international-year-of-indigenous-languages.html Minister Rodriguez and Minister Bennet on UNESCO’s International Year of Indigenous Languages] (January 28, 2019)</big>
*<big>Human Rights Watch: Read chapter on Canada in [https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2019/country-chapters/Canada World Report 2019]</big>
*<big>Learn about [https://humanrights.ca/exhibit/one-womans-resistance Viola Desmond and her journey from protester to the $10 bill] (August 1, 2018)</big>
*<big>Read [https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/G18/081/95/PDF/G1808195.pdf?OpenElement Canada's National Report] from the recent 3rd Universal Periodic Review before the UN's Human Rights Council (August 1, 2018)</big>
[http://www.gcpedia.gc.ca/wiki/Human_Rights_Community_Portal/ArchiveIntheSpotlight_EN Previous News]

=== ACROSS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT / LINKS ===
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|<!--col2--><center> '''<big>Links</big>'''</center>
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* <big>Find out which government departments are active on various aspects of the human rights file</big><br />
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<big>'''United Nations'''</big>
*<big>[http://www.un.org/en/sections/what-we-do/protect-human-rights/index.html UN What We Do | Protect Human Rights]</big>
*<big>[http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Pages/Home.aspx Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights]</big>
*<big>[http://www.ohchr.org/en/hrbodies/hrc/pages/hrcindex.aspx Human Rights Council]</big>
*<big>[http://www.unwomen.org/en UN Women]</big>
*<big>[http://www.un.org/development/desa/disabilities/ UN Enable]</big>
*<big>[http://en.unesco.org/ UNESCO]</big>
*<big>[http://unesco.ca Canadian Commission for UNESCO]</big><br />
<big>'''Canada'''</big>
*<big>[http://www.chrc-ccdp.gc.ca/eng Canadian Human Rights Commission]</big>
*<big>[http://www.chrt-tcdp.gc.ca/index-en.html Canadian Human Rights Tribunal]</big>
*<big>[http://humanrights.ca/ Canadian Museum for Human Rights]</big>
*<big>[http://www.cashra.ca/ Canadian Association of Statutory Human Rights Agencies]</big>
*<big>[http://hri.ca/database/ Human Rights Internet | International Human Rights and Canada Database]</big><br />
<big>'''Other'''</big>
*<big>[http://www.oas.org/en/default.asp Organization of American States]</big><br />
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<center>'''<big><big>Did You Know?</big></big>'''</center>
<big>An August 2018 survey conducted by IPSOS shows that a large majority (82%) of Canadians believe human rights are important to protect, but almost half of respondents (47%) said they know little or nothing about them.</big><br />


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