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Below is a selection of online resources where you can find more information on human rights, including key texts and organizations mentioned in the knowledge-testing quizzes you are invited to answer.
International Human Rights
- History of the United Nations
- Member States of the United Nations
- Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- History of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- John Peters Humphrey
- Biographical article in the Canadian Encyclopedia
- Article on the architects of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on the Canadian Museum for Human Rights website
- Core international human rights instruments and their monitoring bodies
- Principal United Nations human rights conventions and covenants
- Definition of ratification of an international agreement
- Universal Periodic Review
Human Rights in Canada
- Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
- Constitution Act, 1982
- Federal responsibilities for human rights
- Human rights treaties
- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a Communications Procedure
- International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families
- United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
- Canadian Human Rights Act
- Canadian Human Rights Commission
- The Continuing Committee of Officials on Human Rights
Human Rights Program at Canadian Heritage
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