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Improving Human Rights Commission

90.7 Improving Human Rights Commissions

Whereas Human Rights Commissions are perceived to be not as effective as they were intended to be; and,

Whereas The length of time required by the Human Rights Commission to process a case makes it expensive and discouraging to the client; and,

Whereas Each case must work through the same process regardless of the outcome of a similar, preceding case; therefore, be it

RESOLVED That The National Council of Women of Canada urge the Government of Canada to:

  1. Appoint persons to the Canadian Human Rights Commission through an open procedure with clear selection criteria, who have expertise and competence in the human rights area and who are perceived to be committed to Human Rights;
  2. Provide the human and fiscal resources to speed up the process of complaint resolution;
  3. Ensure that the Canadian Human Rights Commission plays a more pro-active role in laying complaints and pursuing cases as they have the authority to do;
  4. Ensure that the settlement of a human rights complaint addresses the overall issue of systemic discrimination against a category of persons; and be it further

RESOLVED That The National Council of Women of Canada urge the Provincial Councils of Women to press for similar improvements in the Human Rights Commission in their province.