Canadian Human Rights Tribunal
The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal is an administrative tribunal established in 1977 by the Canadian Human Rights Act. It is directly funded by the Parliament of Canada and is independent of the Canadian Human Rights Commission which refers cases to it for adjudication under the Act.
The Tribunal holds hearings to investigate complaints of discriminatory practices and may order a respondent to a complaint to cease a practice as well as levy fines.[1]
Decisions of the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal are reviewable by the Federal Court of Canada. Federal Court decisions can then be appealed to the Federal Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada. The Federal Court of Canada can also issue and enforce decisions made by the Tribunal if violations continue and imprison an offender for contempt of court if a decision continues to be disregarded. This has happened in the cases of John Ross Taylor in 1981 and Tomasz Winnicki in 2006.
Justice Anne Mactavish was appointed Chair of the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal in 1998.[2] On November 9, 2003, J. Grant Sinclair, Q.C succeeded Justice Mactavish as the Chair of the Tribunal. On September 10, 2009, Shirish P. Chotalia,Q.C., was appointed as his successor. [3]
See also
- Human Rights in Canada
- History of free speech in Canada
- Canadian Human Rights Act
- Canadian Human Rights Commission
- Canadian Human Rights Commission free speech controversies
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- Shiv Chopra
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