British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal

British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal

The British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal is a quasi-judicial human rights body in British Columbia, Canada. It was established under the province's Human Rights Code. It is responsible for "accepting, screening, mediating and adjudicating human rights complaints." [http://www.bchrt.gov.bc.ca/]

Responsibility for the province's Human Rights Code was originally divided between the BC Human Rights Commission, which was responsible for investigation and compliance, and the Tribunal which was solely an adjudicative body. In 2003, the government of Gordon Campbell abolished the Commission as well as the BC Human Rights Advisory Council as a cost-saving measure while expanding the responsibilities of the Tribunal. [http://www.ohrc.on.ca/en/resources/submissions/CASHRAsubmission?page=CASHRAsubmission-Evaluati.html] [http://www.bchrcoalition.org/files/INFO_2.pdf]

External link

* [http://www.bchrt.gov.bc.ca/ BC Human Rights Tribunal]

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