Transforming Rights draws on Yalden's extensive experience in rights work to provide a personal assessment of how issues of human rights and language rights have evolved over the past forty years, both within Canada and internationally.
Transforming Rights draws on Yalden's extensive experience in rights work to provide a personal assessment of how issues of human rights and language rights have evolved over the past forty years, both within Canada and internationally.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Maxwell Yalden is a Companion of the Order of Canada and an adjunct professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Ottawa.
Inhaltsangabe
Preface Acknowledgments Part One: Introduction 1 Personal File 2 School, University, Graduate Studies 3 A Public Service Career a) The Department of External Affairs b) The Secretary of State's Department and the Department of Communications c) Official Languages Commissioner d) Canadian Ambassador to Belgium and Luxemburg e) Human Rights Commissioner f) Member, United Nations Human Rights Committee Part Two: Language Rights 1 The Background to Language Reform 2 The Origins of the Royal Commission on Biligualism and Biculturalism 3 The Royal Commission Recommendations and Government Reactions a) Preliminary Report b) General Introduction c) The Official Languages d) Education e) The Work World f) Other Ethnic Groups g) The Federal Capital h) Voluntary Associations 4 Summary of Commission Proposals and Government Reactions Part Three: Human Rights 1 Introduction 2 The Universality of Human Rights Norms 3 Perspectives on Human Rights a) Narrow and Broad Approaches b) Rights and Responsibilities c) The Pendulum Effect and the Rights Industry d) Rights and the Press e) Conflicting Rights 4 The Canadian Experience a) Policy Objectives b) Implementation c) The Charter, Legislation, and the Courts d) Ombudsman Offices and Human Rights Commissions 5 Discrimination a) Women's Rights and Sex Discrimination b) Sexual Orientation c) Age Discrimination d) Disability e) Race, Ethnic Origin, and Religion 6 Multiculturalism a) Background b) Quebec - The Bouchard-Taylor Commission 7 Employment Equity 8 Pay Equity 9 Aboriginal Rights Part Four: Human Rights and International Relations Terminology 1 International Human Rights Machinery 2 The High Commissioner for Human Rights 3 Regional Human Rights Machinery 4 The Human Rights Covenants and the Treaty Bodies 5 Canada and International Human Rights Machinery 6 Canada and Human Rights Violations Part Five: Summing Up and Conclusions 1 Language Rights 2 Human Rights Appendix Notes Select Bibliography Index
Preface Acknowledgments Part One: Introduction 1 Personal File 2 School, University, Graduate Studies 3 A Public Service Career a) The Department of External Affairs b) The Secretary of State's Department and the Department of Communications c) Official Languages Commissioner d) Canadian Ambassador to Belgium and Luxemburg e) Human Rights Commissioner f) Member, United Nations Human Rights Committee Part Two: Language Rights 1 The Background to Language Reform 2 The Origins of the Royal Commission on Biligualism and Biculturalism 3 The Royal Commission Recommendations and Government Reactions a) Preliminary Report b) General Introduction c) The Official Languages d) Education e) The Work World f) Other Ethnic Groups g) The Federal Capital h) Voluntary Associations 4 Summary of Commission Proposals and Government Reactions Part Three: Human Rights 1 Introduction 2 The Universality of Human Rights Norms 3 Perspectives on Human Rights a) Narrow and Broad Approaches b) Rights and Responsibilities c) The Pendulum Effect and the Rights Industry d) Rights and the Press e) Conflicting Rights 4 The Canadian Experience a) Policy Objectives b) Implementation c) The Charter, Legislation, and the Courts d) Ombudsman Offices and Human Rights Commissions 5 Discrimination a) Women's Rights and Sex Discrimination b) Sexual Orientation c) Age Discrimination d) Disability e) Race, Ethnic Origin, and Religion 6 Multiculturalism a) Background b) Quebec - The Bouchard-Taylor Commission 7 Employment Equity 8 Pay Equity 9 Aboriginal Rights Part Four: Human Rights and International Relations Terminology 1 International Human Rights Machinery 2 The High Commissioner for Human Rights 3 Regional Human Rights Machinery 4 The Human Rights Covenants and the Treaty Bodies 5 Canada and International Human Rights Machinery 6 Canada and Human Rights Violations Part Five: Summing Up and Conclusions 1 Language Rights 2 Human Rights Appendix Notes Select Bibliography Index
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