Conflict Resolution, Reconciliation and International Human Rights in Canada
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Conflict Resolution, Peacemaking, and Non-Violence
Human Rights
Laws including International Treaties
Canadian government contacts
News and Information Sources
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In keeping with a broad definition of "peacebuilding," these links include work of those in civil society and government on conflict resolution, violence reduction, human rights, legal development and good governance. Peacemakers Trust has compiled these links for research purposes, and cannot take responsibility for contents of third party web sites. Inclusion of a link to a site does not imply endorsement by or association with Peacemakers Trust. Please contribute suggestions.
Conflict Resolution, Reconciliation, Transitional Justice and Peacemaking
Community Conflict Resolution in Canada: Portal to Resources
InterChange, Toronto, Ontario.
International Center for Transitional Justice, New York. See ICTJ's activity concerning Canada's indigenous peoples.
International Crisis Group. News or reports on Canada.
Mennonite Central Committee, works on peace, advocacy and restorative justice in Canada.
Indian Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Peacemakers Trust. Education, research and consultation on conflict transformation, reconciliation and peacebuilding.
Peace and Disarmament Activists
Canadian Friends Service Committee. CFSC works on peace, human rights, corporate responsibility, militarism and war, Aboriginal land and treaty rights, nvironmental issues, restorative justice, and international development projects.
Christian Peacemaker Teams. CPT works on violence reduction in several Canadian communities.
Coalition to Oppose the Arms Trade (COAT), Canada
International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL). Search results for Canada, including reports on Canada.
Lawyers Against the War. This Canadian site has links to articles on international law issues.
Mines Action Canada. Canada?s campaign against landmines and cluster bombs.
Nonviolent Peace Force Canada.
PeaceWomen: Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, pages of NGO contacts in Canada. The PeaceWomen Project monitors and works toward rapid and full implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on women, peace and security.
Project Ploughshares provides expertise and analyis on peace and security issues to members of the Canadian Council of Churches and assists with ecumenical response.
Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs, Pugwash, Nova Scotia, Canada
Legal System
Some International Treaties Ratified by Canada
UN Human Rights Conventions ratified by Canada on the site of the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR).
UN Human Rights Conventions ratified by Canada on the site of Bayefsky.com
List of ILO Conventions Ratified by Canada, with links to the relevant international conventions
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Documentation, ratification status and links to related sites.
Voting results in 61st General Assembly Affirmative votes by State on the website of the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) . Negative votes. Abstained.
Governance
See our page of Canadian government contacts.
Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law (IHL)
Amnesty International. This page contains Amnesty International's reports about human rights concerns in Canada. See AI's page on indigenous peoples.
Canadian Human Rights Commission. Canada's national human rights institution. Note that Canada's provinces have their own provincial human rights institutions.
Equitas International Centre for Human Rights Education, Montreal, Canada (formerly "Canadian Human Rights Foundation")
Government of Canada, Human Rights Program. Includes links to Canada'a human rights reports to UN Treaty Bodies.
Human Rights Research and Education Centre, University of Ottawa. Also see Globalization, Justice and Law. Extensive links to Canada's human rights legislation, commissions, NGOs, etc..
Human Rights Watch (HRW). This page hosted by Human Rights Watch contains HRW reports about human rights concerns in Canada.
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). Canada is covered by the ICRC regional delegation in United States. See the International Committee of the Red Cross page on International humanitarian law (IHL) in brief including a pdf brochure entitled "International humanitarian law : answers to your questions" which can be downloaded for distribution. See also the website of Canadian Red Cross Even War Has Limits.
Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada. This Canadian organization works on protection of human rights defenders.
Laws and Policies including International Human Rights Treaties (English)
Bayefsky.com valuable pages on Canada's treaty signatures, ratifications, reservations, reports of UN Committees and other documents.
Canadian Bar Association, National office in Ottawa, Canada. See also the various affiliated provincial organizations.
Jurist Legal Intelligence: Canada, has basic information about Canada's constitution, government & legislation, and legal system. Compiled by Jurist Legal Education Network, School of Law, University of Pittsburgh.
International Constitutional Law Project: Canada index, by Axel Tschentscher, Institut f?r ?ffentliches Recht-Aktuell, Bern.
International Labour Organization (ILO). This page provides information on Canada's ratifications of ILO Conventions with links through to the text of the relevant conventions. This page also provides information on Canada's constitution and laws as well as other resources.
Law Library of Congress: Canada.
Humanitarian Action and Development
Canadian Council for International Cooperation, Ottawa, Canada. Working Groups.
Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), Global Issues Index.
World Vision Canada, Canadian projects.
AlertNet Information on Canada
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