Human Rights 101
Workshop Resources
- What are Human Rights? (10 Minutes Video)
- Duty to Accommodate
- Kopit
- Muin
- Adinkrahene
- Sankofa
- Privilege Walk
- The Right Hand of Privilege
- NSHRC Inquiry Form
- The Pathway of a Complaint
Case Studies (.PDF)
Additional Resources
- Human Rights General Information (FAQ) & Resources
- NSHRC Complaint Pathway
- The Nova Scotia Human Rights Act
- Free Online Training from the NSHRC
- The Gender Bear
- Guidelines to Support Trans and Gender Variant Employees (PSC)
- NSHRC Publications, Reports and Plans
- Halifax Street Checks (Wortley) Report
- A Review of Recommendations Addressing Systemic Discrimination in Nova Scotia and Canada: Annotated Bibliography
- Working Better to Serve All Nova Scotians - Consumer Racial Profiling report
United Nations Conventions, Treaties and Declarations
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
- Convention on the Rights of the Child
- International Convention on the Elimination of All forms of Racial Discrimination
- Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
- International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
- Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
- United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
- United Nations International Decade for People of African Descent