A brief guide to international human rights law for Canadian advocates.

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Title:	A brief guide to international human rights law for Canadian advocates.
Source:	Canadian Woman Studies, v.20(3) Fall’00 pg 64-71. CBCA Fulltext: http://delos.lib.sfu.ca:8366/cgi-bin/slri/z3950.CGI/137.82.100.228.350957673/?cbca.db
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Year:	2000
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Keywords:	Canada, economic, social, and cultural rights, equality before the law, freedom of expression, gender equality, human rights, non-discrimination, second world war, social security, United Nations, justice, politics, peace, civil and political rights, security, minority rights, self-determination, standard of living, liberty, assembly and association
Abstract:	The promotion and protection of human rights was a fundamental priority of the United Nations in 1945, when the UN’s founding nations resolved that the atrocities of the Second World War should never be repeated. Three years later, the UN General Assembly adopted in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the principle that respect for human rights and human dignity “is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world.” International human rights treaties tend to be viewed as needed in other countries, not at home in Canada. As a signatory to all the major human rights treaties and conventions, the Canadian government has committed to respecting international human rights obligations. There are two kinds of obligations: negative ones that prohibit government action violating specified rights, and positive obligations that require governments to take proactive steps, exemplified by the Canadian Charter, to ensure and protect the enjoyment of human rights.
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