The Clinic provides free legal help to people who have made a human rights complaint. We also provide human rights education, workshops, and training.
Vancouver, B.C.
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The BC Human Rights Clinic provides free legal information, advice, and representation to people with human rights complaints.
Learn more about the difference between the Clinic, the Tribunal, and the Commission in the resources linked below.
What is the difference between BC's Office of the Human Rights Commissioner, the BC Human Rights Tribunal and BC Human Rights Clinic @bchrc? @humanrights4BC has developed a learner pack for our B.C.'s human rights system video: bchumanrights.ca/video-serie…
ALT Illustration of a large group of people outside. Text says: B.C.'s human rights system. Learner pack. BCOHRC.
On Persons Day, we recognize an important milestone in the fight for gender equality, while remembering that progress has never been shared equally. Today is an opportunity to honour progress while continuing to ask what meaningful equality requires now.
Today is the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. Poverty is not an individual issue, but rather one shaped by systems, policies & barriers. Addressing poverty also means confronting the discrimination and exclusion experienced by people living in poverty
Thanksgiving cannot be separated from colonialism, dispossession and ongoing inequality. Gratitude should not require us to look away from that history. It can also mean asking hard questions about who has benefited, who has been excluded and what justice requires of us now.
On World Mental Health Day, we’re reminded that people with lived experience of mental health systems should have a meaningful voice in the decisions that affect their lives.
At CLAS, our Mental Health Law Program advocates for the rights of people who experience involuntary detention and treatment under BC’s mental health system.
CLAS will be closed for the long weekend. Our offices will reopen on Tuesday, October 13th. We wish everyone a safe and enjoyable long weekend.
Rights don’t diminish as we age. National Seniors Day highlights the importance of dignity, autonomy and access to justice for older adults. From discrimination to navigating mental health and other complex systems, legal rights and protections matter at every stage of life.
This #CanadianIslamicHistoryMonth, we celebrate the histories and contributions of Muslim communities across Canada while recognizing the ongoing work to dismantle Islamophobia and discrimination.
Everyone deserves to participate fully in their community without facing discrimination because of their faith or identity.
If you have experienced discrimination, harassment, or violence because you are Muslim or were perceived to be Muslim, the Islamophobia Hotline can provide free confidential legal advice and representation. Learn more here: islamophobiahotline.org
This #WomensHistoryMonth, we recognize the women who challenged unequal systems and expanded rights in Canada, and those continuing that work today. Progress is always hard won, and the work toward equality and access to justice continues.
September 30 asks us to confront why there are children who never returned home from residential schools, and in particular, the systems that allowed those harms to happen.
At CLAS, we recognize that the legal system itself has been (and continues to be) part of this history. Our responsibility is not simply to acknowledge that truth, but to consider how our work can contribute to a more just future.
Today, we honour residential school survivors, their families and communities, and the children who never came home.
To learn more, read the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Calls to Action here: www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/br…
On the anniversary of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, we reaffirm the importance of meaningful implementation and ensuring Indigenous rights are respected not only in principle, but in law, policy, and practice.
Learn about your rights and responsibilities under BC's Human Rights Code from an experienced human rights lawyer. Register now to reserve your seat:
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