Speaking out on human rights : debating Canada's human rights system /

Speaking out on human rights : debating Canada's human rights system /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Eliadis, F. Pearl, 1959- author.
Imprint:	Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2014.
Description:	1 online resource
Language:	English
Subject:	Canadian Human Rights Commission. Canadian Human Rights Commission. Human rights -- Canada. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Civil Rights. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Human Rights. Human rights. Canada. Electronic books. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11214835

Hidden Bibliographic Details
ISBN:	9780773591837 0773591834 9780773543041 077354304X 9780773543058 0773543058 9780773591844 0773591842
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"Shows how our human rights system plays a unique and important role in the rights revolution both in Canada and internationally and offers promising avenues for its future development."--Publishers website.
Other form:	Print version: Speaking out on human rights.

Table of Contents:

Preface
Abbreviations
Introduction
Introducing Human Rights Systems
Human Rights Systems Then and Now
Do We Still Need Them?
Are They Fair?
Signal Cases, Rights Conflicts, and Building a Human Rights Culture
Ideas for the Way Forward
Appendix One Interviews
Appendix Two The Paris Principles
Appendix Three Overview of Human Rights Systems in Canada
Appendix Four Recommendations for Changes to Human Rights Systems
Notes
Index.