Canada's Involvement in Protecting International Human Rights

Canada Protecting Human Rights

Period: Jun 5, 1945 to May 29, 2013

Canada Joins United Nations

Jun 26, 1945

Canada joins the United Nations which was a group of 50 countries who were working for peace between humans.

Declaration of Human Rights is Signed

Dec 10, 1948

The declaration of human rights was signed by the united nations members and Canada was now among the signing members.

South Africa racist policies

Mar 14, 1961

Repulsed by South Africa's racist policies against its black majority, Prime Minister John Diefenbaker sides with African and Asian members at the Commonwealth Conference in India, and was the only leader of a predominantly white country to oppose that South Africa's application for renewed Commonwealth membership. Consequently, South Africa withdraws its application.

Policy of Multiculturalism

Oct 5, 1971

Canada becomes the first western country to introduce a policy of multiculturalism. All Canadians can now maintain and develop their own cultural identities.

Canadian Human Rights Act

Jan 5, 1977

This act was passed in 1977 and stopped all discrimination because of race, religion, and anything else that made people discriminate others. It was a huge step forward in protecting human rights.

Commitment to Womens Rights

Jun 1, 1981

Ther convention on the elimination of any type of discrimination against women was held in 1981.

Vienna World Conference on Human Rights

Jun 14, 1993

The Vienna World Conference promoted global participation, and was an effective way to influence international society.

Conference on Racism

Aug 31, 2001

There was a conference on racism that was held in the Durban International Convention Centre, this conference dealt with slavery issues in Israel and Canada took part in this conference.

Canada passes Bill C-38: The Civil Marriage Act

Jul 20, 2005

This act extends marriage rights to same-sex couples. This passing made Canada the fourth country to take this big step.

Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Mar 13, 2010

Canada ratified the convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities which made many people with disabilites more equal because at first they didn't have all the rights they deserved and yeah.