HUMAN rightsGAYSThis article is about those human rights issues in British Columbia that affect gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered (GLBT) people and to do so from my perspective as Chief Commissioner of the BC Human Rights Commission. First, I want to be clear that although I will be ...
compliance with the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, promoting self-determination and equitable treatment, as well as improving care oversight and access, and ensuring the participation of those who experience mental illness in decision-making. ...
aThe BC Human Rights Code: Protects British Columbians from discrimination of all kinds. It covers employment, tenancy and property purchases, accommodation, services and facilities customarily available to the public and hate propaganda. BC人权代码: 保护英国的哥伦比亚人免受所有种类的歧视。 它习惯地包...
The article presents selected problems concerning violations of Human Rights in Cuba. It explains the basis on which the revolutionary Cuban government had military leaders, "inconvenient" Cubans and citizens of different countries arrested, sentenced or condemned to many years of imprisonment. All of ...
the centre role is to be played by ‘Development’. This process is ultimately the answer to addressing these deprivations. Some models of development have been put into test in recent years, but most of them failed. The reason behind such failure is that the issue of human rights is not...
In a congratulatory letter to a symposium marking the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Beijing, Xi said the Communist Party of China (CPC) has always taken human development as its goal, and hundreds of millions of Chinese people have had their lives improved sin...
However, no matter how vehement the phony claims are, the reality of the situation in the region will always speak louder. Human rights are centered on people. In Xinjiang, the Uygur population has been increasing steadily. Official statistics show that from 1953 to 2020, the population in Xin...
Introduction: Children's Rights and Children's Literature In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Introduction: Children's Rights and Children's Literature Lara Saguisag (bio) and Matthew B. Prickett (bio) When we first conceived of this special issue on ... L Sa...
This article makes a new start on the topic of intergenerational justice by bringing together human rights and environmental justice arguments in a novel way that lays the groundwork for a theory of intergenerational environmental justice based in the human rights to clean air, water, and soil. ...
Forest Management Policy, Amenity Migration, and Community Well-Being in the American West: Reflections from the Northwest Forest Plan This paper examines the relation between public land management policy, amenity migration, and socioeconomic well-being using the case of the Northwest For... S Char...