human rights

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau extolled on the importance of unity as he marched in Vancouver's annual Pride parade with two of his political rivals on Sunday, August 4, 2019.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says non-Indigenous Canadians need to be patient and unconditional in their support of Indigenous communities on the road to reconciliation and allow them to make mistakes.

This scene of economic disparity during a natural disaster is highlighted in a new United Nations report that warns “human rights might not survive the coming upheaval” from global climate change.

External Affairs Minister Joe Clark didn't try to sugarcoat it for Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and their cabinet colleagues.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Tuesday, June 4, 2019, he accepts the finding that Canada's treatment of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls amounts to genocide.

Beijing's top diplomat to Canada blasted the Trudeau government for "grossly" violating China's internal affairs on Tuesday, May 4, 2019, after a statement singled out his country's treatment of ethnic Muslim minorities on the 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre.

The national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women wants health service providers across Canada to develop programs that could help young people recognize the signs of being targeted for exploitation.

An Ontario firefighter alleges his human rights were violated when he was not provided sufficient vegan food while battling a massive blaze in British Columbia.

Hundreds of young Sikh men in India disappeared in a time of turmoil. One photojournalist captures the experiences of the families who still lack answers.

An Alberta judge is expected to rule today, March 25, 2019, on whether a war crimes sentence for former Guantanamo Bay prisoner Omar Khadr should be declared expired.

Former Guantanamo Bay prisoner Omar Khadr is to ask Alberta's youth court today to declare his eight-year sentence to have expired.

Manitoba's children's advocate is urging the province to stop lengthy solitary confinement of youth in custody after a review that found one boy was isolated for 400 straight days in a cell no bigger than a parking stall.

Canada will host a meeting of Western Hemisphere countries next Monday, February 5, 2019, to address the political and economic crisis in Venezuela.

The federal Liberals are turning to a broad group of officials — from provinces, territories, Indigenous groups and medical organizations — for solutions to mounting allegations from Indigenous women that they were victims of coerced and forced sterilizations.

As details of American allegations against a Chinese executive were revealed on Friday, December 7, 2018, in a Vancouver court, Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland said Canada's ambassador in Beijing had briefed the Chinese foreign ministry on her arrest.