Canada's Involvement in International Human Rights Protection Since the End of WWII
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Canada Joins the United Nations
The UN was established after the end of WWII to protect human rights, and to ensure that a tragedy such as WWII, that discriminated those rights, would never happen again. Canada has been a proud member of the UN since it was first established, and still is to this day. -
Canada Signs the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Canada, along with the other UN countries, signed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and from then on, abided by it. The Declaration enforced the basic rights and freedoms all human beings should have, regardless of gender, religion, colour, nationality etc... -
Canada takes Action in the Korean War
Canada begins to send troops to fight in the Korean War. This was an act of protecting human rights because North Korea, (the communnists), were trying to take over South Korea, (the right-wing government). The Canadian and other UN troops were protecting the rights of the people in South Korea so that they could have a free and democratic government. 516 Canadians died in that war, of the 26,000 who participated. They are honoured for their bravery. -
Lester B. Pearson Wins the Noble Peace Prize
Pearson, (a Canadian UN ambassador), was awarded the Noble Peace Prize for his successful idea to establish a UN Emergency Force to resolve the Suez Crisis. This was when France, Britain, and Israel all attempted to invade Egypt for political reasons. But with the help of negotiation, (as opposed to war), by the UN Emergency Force, all withdrew on peaceful grounds. This pertains to human rights because Pearson's idea stopped a potential war, which would have put people's lives in jeopardy. -
Pierre Elliott Trudeau goes to China on a Peace Mission
Canada’s Prime Minister, back in 1973, went on a peace mission to negotiate and release tension with Communist China. This has to do with Human Rights because Trudeau created diplomatic relations between China and Canada, which has led to the immigration of the Chinese to Canada. Since Canada is a democracy, as opposed to communist, those who have left China are entitled to many more human rights than they were in their motherland.
