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• What’s wrong with Quebec’s Bill 62

  By Pearl Eliadis on February 13, 2017

  

  N.B. This post was  prepared prior to the August 2017 amendments proposed by the Liberal Party of Quebec. As part of its campaign promises, Quebec’s Liberal Party had committed to a bill that would ensure the “neutrality” of the state… Read More ›

• Scorn for multiculturalism in Quebec yields troubling results

  By Pearl Eliadis on December 30, 2016

  It is well known that multiculturalism is verboten among Quebec’s political and chattering classes, regardless of partisan affiliation. However, to have multicult-phobia actually move a political party to reject a qualified candidate (who also happens to be a black woman) should tell us something about how pernicious the current ideology is.

• Can religious universities discriminate? TWU and #LGBTQ rights #canpoli

  By Pearl Eliadis on July 2, 2016

  LGBTQ rights and religious freedoms continue to collide in Canadian law. On June 29 2016, the Ontario Court of Appeal released its much-anticipated decision in Trinity Western University v. The Law Society of Upper Canada, 2016 ONCA 518. Trinity Western… Read More ›

• New Publication: Assessing human rights commissions & other institutions

  By Pearl Eliadis on June 20, 2016

  

  Global Principles for the Capacity Assessment of the NHRIs  National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) are central to strong national systems for protection and promotion of human rights. These institutions, operating in a variety of contexts, can be instrumental in supporting… Read More ›

• UAE must  cease rights violations, release Salim Alaradi, Kamal and Mohamed Eldarat

  By Pearl Eliadis on May 28, 2016

  Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al NahyanPresident  Ministry of Presidential Affair May 27, 2016 Re: Letter from the International Legal Community Calling for the Release of Salim Alaradi, Kamal and Mohamed Eldarat Your Highness, We, the undersigned, are calling upon you… Read More ›

• How #FirstNations Children Changed Human Rights in Canada

  By Pearl Eliadis on March 18, 2016

  

  In January 2016, the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal released one of the most significant decisions in its history: First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada et al. v. Attorney General of Canada (for the Minister of Indian and… Read More ›

• @UN #HumanRights Council: Restoring Space for Dissent in Canada #cdnpoli @LRWCanada

  By Pearl Eliadis on February 15, 2016

  

    Human Rights Council Thirty-first session Agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Joint written statement* submitted by Asian Legal Resource Centre, non-governmental organizations in… Read More ›

• OHS Huguenot Society of Canada Award 2015

  By Pearl Eliadis on January 1, 2016

    

• 5 Priorities for Canada on #HumanRightsDay

  By Pearl Eliadis on December 10, 2015

  On Indigenous rights    On the Canadian Charter of rights and Freedoms   On Charities, the CRA and an enabling environment   On Freedom of Expression and Information   On Freedom of Association  On Indigenous rights  Key Topics: Inquiry on Missing and Murdered Girls and Women –… Read More ›

• The Iceman Goeth: Why Stephen Harper (finally) lost 

  By Pearl Eliadis on October 20, 2015

  Like many of my generation, we grew up believing that our governments would take care of business, while we were free to go about ours. If anything, the last decade has shown us how dangerous this assumption has become. Many… Read More ›

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