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  1. OHRC submission regarding Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) 2013-2014 Legislative review

    June 2014 - The Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) is making this submission to the second independent legislative review of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). In accordance with its mandate under section 29 (c) of the Ontario Human Rights Code, the OHRC speaks out and makes recommendations designed to prevent and eliminate discriminatory practices including barriers faced by persons with disabilities. Disability is consistently the most frequent ground of discrimination cited in over 50% of applications to the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario.

  2. Presentación de la Comisión de Derechos Humanos de Ontario de la Revisión Sistémica de Prácticas Policiales para la toma de muestras de ADN a la Oficina del Director de Revisión Independiente de la Policía (ODRIP)

    Abril 2014 - La Comisión de Derechos Humanos de Ontario (OHRC, por sus siglas en inglés) está preocupada por las denuncias de que la Policía Provincial de Ontario (OPP, por sus siglas en inglés) actuó con base en estereotipos raciales al solicitar las muestras de ADN de aproximadamente 100 hombres trabajadores migrantes "indo y afrocaribeños" aledaños a Viena, Ontario como parte de una investigación de agresión sexual en octubre y noviembre de 2013.

  3. Allegations of racial profiling of migrant workers troubling: OHRC

    July 17, 2014

    Toronto – The Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) took another step to eliminate racial profiling in Ontario by speaking out in the Office of the Independent Police Review Director (OIPRD) systemic review of the OPP practices for obtaining voluntary DNA samples. The OHRC is troubled by allegations that the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) engaged in racial profiling when requesting DNA samples from migrant workers near Vienna, Ontario as part of a sexual assault investigation in October and November 2013.

  4. Allégations troublantes de profilage racial à l’égard des travailleurs migrants selon la CODP

    July 17, 2014

    Toronto – La Commission ontarienne des droits de la personne (CODP) poursuit sa lutte contre le profilage racial en Ontario en prenant part à l’examen systémique concernant le prélèvement volontaire d’ADN par la Police provinciale de l’Ontario mené par le Bureau du directeur indépendant de l’examen de la police (BDIEP). La CODP est préoccupée par les allégations portées à l’encontre de la Police provinciale de l’Ontario, selon lesquelles le profilage racial aurait été employé lors des demandes de prélèvement d’ADN formulées auprès de travailleurs migrants en provenance de Vienna, en Ontario, au cours d’une enquête portant sur des faits d’agression sexuelle en octobre et novembre 2013.

  5. Human rights obligations related to pregnancy and breastfeeding: Case law review

    October 2014 - This case law review looks at important developments in the law dealing with discrimination based on pregnancy and breastfeeding between 2008 and January 2014.[1] The discussion of the law in Ontario is intended as a resource, to be read along with the Ontario Human Rights Commission’s Policy on Preventing Discrimination because of Pregnancy and Breastfeeding (the Policy)[2], about the rights of women[3] who are pregnant, planning to become pregnant, who have had a baby or who are breastfeeding. However, it is not legal advice.

  6. Submission of the OHRC to the Ombudsman’s Investigation into the direction provided to police by the Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services for de-escalating conflict situations

    July 2014 - People with mental health disabilities are often among the most vulnerable people in Ontario. Many face a unique set of challenges where they live, in workplaces, or in our communities. When people are in crisis they also present a unique set of challenges to police services when considering the use of force. This leads to many concerns from a human rights perspective. It is not the role of the Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) to comment on individual cases – we leave it to other experts to resolve these. But it is our role to look at common themes and concerns, and offer ways to move forward.

  7. Mémoire de la CODP présenté dans le cadre de l’enquête de l’ombudsman sur les directives fournies aux services de police par le ministère de la Sécurité communautaire et des Services correctionnels pour désamorcer les situations de conflit

    Juillet 2014 - Les personnes aux prises avec des troubles mentaux font souvent partie des groupes les plus vulnérables de l’Ontario. Bon nombre d’entre elles se heurtent à des défis particuliers dans leur milieu de vie, en milieu de travail et au sein de nos collectivités. Les personnes en situation de crise occasionnent aussi des défis particuliers pour les services de police qui doivent envisager le recours à la force. Sur le plan des droits de la personne, cela est source de nombreuses préoccupations. La Commission ontarienne des droits de la personne (CODP) n’a pas pour rôle d’émettre des commentaires sur des affaires individuelles, laissant plutôt aux experts le soin de le faire. Elle a toutefois pour rôle d’examiner les questions et préoccupations qui sont couramment soulevées, et de proposer des moyens de les résoudre.

  8. OHRC Commissioners

    From: Annual report 2013-2014: OHRC Today

    Barbara Hall, Chief Commissioner – Appointed November 2005

    Barbara Hall has more than 40 years of experience as a com­munity worker, lawyer and municipal politician. She served three terms as a Toronto city councillor from 1985 on and as Toronto’s mayor from 1994 to 1997. From 1998 to 2002 she headed the Canadian government’s National Strategy on Community Safety and Crime Prevention. She was appointed Chief Commissioner of the Province of Ontario’s Human Rights Commission in 2005.

  9. Special report: Human rights and racial profiling

    From: Annual report 2013-2014: OHRC Today

    Decision shows racial profiling as a form of everyday racism, confirms test for discrimination

    The OHRC intervened in Peel Law Association v. Pieters, where the Court of Appeal overruled a Divisional Court ruling, and held that the Divisional Court applied an overly strict test for discrimination. In its June 2013 decision, the Court of Appeal found that the HRTO was reasonable in concluding that the claimants were discriminated against because of race and colour.

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