CASHRA CONFERENCE 2009
Annual Conference of the Canadian Association of Statutory Human Rights Agencies (CASHRA-ACCCDP),
June 15-16, 2009
See Photos from this conference below.
The signing of the Montreal City Hall Book, Attendees from left to next to right:
Mr. James L. Stowe, Executive Director of the Montgomery County Maryand Office of Human Rights. Mr Stowe is the Immediate Past President of the International Association of Official Human Rights Agencies (IAOHRA) and was representing the organization on behalf of IAOHRA's current President Mr. Leon Russell.
Ms. Catherine Chouard, Member of The Haute Autorité de Lutte contre les Discriminations et pour l'Egalité ( French Equal Opportunities and Anti-Discrimination Commission)
Mr. Gaétan Cousineau - president of the Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jeunesse du Québec (Quebec Human Rights and Youth Rights Commission) - CASHRA Vice-president
Ms. Mary Pat Short, Chair, North West Territories Human Rights Commission - CASHRA President
Ms. Jennifer Lynch, Chair, Canadian Human Rights Commission
Mr. Gerald Tremblay, Mayor of Montreal.
Click here to see other Human Rights Agencies personnel attending the CASHRA Conference.
James Stowe, Office of Human Rights Director attended the 2009 Conference of the Canadian Association of Statutory Human Rights Agencies. This annual Conference of the Association offered an ideal forum to examine and analyze the significance, extent, limits and implications of the main changes made to the systems to uphold and protect human rights.
In recent years, statutory human rights agencies in Canada have undergone a series of major changes, which have directly and indirectly modified existing systems to protect human rights.
Direct changes have been made to the jurisdiction, mandate, structure and procedure of several commissions and agencies. Indirectly, new stakeholders have begun to play an active role, including unions, employment arbitrators and other governmental and non-governmental organizations.
The 2009 annual Conference of the Association offers an ideal forum to examine and analyze the significance, extent, limits and implications of the main changes made to the systems to uphold and protect human rights.
The aims of the 2009 Conference of the Canadian Association of Statutory Human Rights Agencies included:
- report on the current state of statutory human rights agencies in Canada;
- reflect on the key issues they face;
- address the role that they should play in the current social and economic climate;
- discuss lessons learned and possible avenues for the future.
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