Human rights

Korean Legal Clinic creating bilingual legal glossary to bridge culture and language barrier

Korean Legal Clinic creating bilingual legal glossary to bridge culture and language barrier

The clinic received the Federation of Asian Canadian Lawyers' 2022 Social Justice Award

Ontario human rights tribunal allows complaint against private career college to proceed

Ontario human rights tribunal allows complaint against private career college to proceed

The tribunal applied the 'functional test' to determine if it has jurisdiction to decide on the case

Valerie Oosterveld before International Criminal Court in case involving gender-based war crimes

Valerie Oosterveld before International Criminal Court in case involving gender-based war crimes

Oosterveld appeared as friend of the court before the ICC on behalf of eight other feminist lawyers

The government and Tribunals Ontario should address Human Rights Tribunal crisis: Tribunal Watch

The government and Tribunals Ontario should address Human Rights Tribunal crisis: Tribunal Watch

'Examine why HRTO evidentiary hearings and merits decisions fell by 85 percent,' Laird says

Access to justice study shows increase in dismissal of race-based cases by the Human Rights Tribunal

Access to justice study shows increase in dismissal of race-based cases by the Human Rights Tribunal

HRTO issued 150 to 300 annual notices of intent to dismiss from 2009 to 2017 and 989 in 2021

Tribunal Watch Ontario raises concerns about the operation of the Human Rights Tribunal

Tribunal Watch Ontario raises concerns about the operation of the Human Rights Tribunal

Current adjudicators cannot keep up with incoming cases and the 8,979 backlogged cases