GENEVA (7 November 2023) – Canada’s human rights record will be examined by the United Nations Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group for the fourth time on Friday, 10...

OTTAWA (6 September 2023) – Canada’s temporary foreign worker programmes are a breeding ground for contemporary forms of slavery, a UN expert said today, urging the country to do more to protect...

GENEVA (21 August 2023) - The UN Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, Tomoya Obokata, will conduct a visit to Canada from 23 August to 6 September 2023. During his visit, Obokata will...

The report contains a review of the situation of Indigenous Peoples in Canada, based on information received by the Special Rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous Peoples, José Francisco Calí Tzay, in preparation for and during his visit to the country, which was conducted from 1 to 10 March 2023.

GENEVA (10 March 2023) – The testimonies of survivors of Canada’s residential school system were appalling, a UN expert said today, urging the Government to fully implement recommendations of a 2015...

GENEVA (28 February 2023) – The UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous Peoples, José Francisco Calí Tzay, will conduct an official visit to Canada from 1 to 10 March 2023. The UN expert...

GENEVA (30 September 2022) – Activism led by people of African descent, joined by many others, has resulted in increased recognition of the systemic nature of racism, yielding concrete initiatives in...

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the combined fifth and sixth periodic report of Canada, with Committee Experts commending Canada on the Truth and...

GENEVA (28 April 2022) - The UN Child Rights Committee (CRC) will hold its upcoming session from 3 May to 3 June, during which it will review Greece, Iceland, Cambodia, Somalia, Zambia, Cuba, Djibouti...

GENEVA (10 February 2022) - UN human rights experts* have called on Canada to urgently repatriate from Syria a woman who has life threatening illnesses, and who is being held at a camp under...