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You can download, save and print the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms in various Indigenous languages (PDF format). The Charter is also available in various languages here. Versions other than English or French are considered promotional material; they are not to be considered an official...

This report provides Canada’s response to the Committee’s 2012 Concluding Observations on the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC/C/CAN/CO/3-4), 2006 Concluding Observations on the Optional Protocol on the involvement of children in armed conflict (CRC/C/OPAC/CAN/CO/1), and 2012 Concluding...

The Common Core Document should be read in conjunction with Canada’s periodic reports under the seven United Nations (UN) human rights treaties to which Canada is a party. Together, these documents outline the legislative, judicial, administrative and other measures that implement Canada’s...

On April 3 and 4, 2017, Canada appeared before the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (the Committee), for the review of its initial report on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). The Committee issued its concluding observations for...