title: Panel recommends significant changes to federal law against discrimination.
abstract: In a report released on 23 June 2000, the Review Panel tasked by the federal Minister of Justice with reviewing the Canadian Human Rights Act made some welcome recommendations for improving the Act and the way the Canadian Human Rights Commission functions. Three are of particular significance: the recommendation that "social condition" be added to the prohibited grounds for discrimination listed in the Act; the recommendation that the Canadian Human Rights Commission should have, under its governing legislation, the duty to monitor and report to Parliament and the UN Human Rights Committee on the federal government's compliance with international human rights treaties regarding economic, social, and cultural rights; and the recommendation that "gender identity" should be expressly added to the Act as a prohibited ground of discrimination.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Elliott
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D005260:Female; D006806:Human Rights / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011287:Prejudice; D014189:Transsexualism; D014480:United Nations