Law
Below are recent and current Bills and Laws in Canada (including voting records), as well as court cases here and abroad. You can also find UN Reports and Manuals concerning women's rights detailing subjects like the importance of access to single sex facilities.
Laws, Regulations & Court Cases
C-16
Amendment to the Human Rights Act
Bill S-205
An act to amend the Criminal Code and to
make consequential amendments to another
Act (interim release and domestic violence
recognizance orders)
Bill S-218
An Act to amend the Department for Women
and Gender Equality Act
Bell v. Tavistock
Judgment
Summary
CEDAW (UN)
1949 Geneva Convention III (UN)
N.B. v. Ottawa Carleton District School Board
Status of Case
Amended Application
Response
Amended Reply
Kimberley Nixon v. Vancouver Rape Relief Society (Summary)
Interim Policy Bulletin 584: Bill C-16 (Gender Identity or Expression)
United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners
UN Report on Changes to Scottish Laws (2022)
UN Statement on Freedom of Speech & From Intimidation (2023)
Parliamentary Voting Records
Subject: 2nd reading of Bill C-16, An Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code — Vote Details in the House of Commons
Subject:The Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code – C-16 – Third Reading — Vote Details in the Senate
Subject: 3rd reading and adoption of Bill C-6, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (conversion therapy)
Vote Details: House of Commons
Subject: 3rd reading and adoption of Bill C-10, An Act to amend the Broadcasting Act and to make related and consequential amendments to other Acts - Vote Details: House of Commons
UN Reports & Manuals
2022
April 7, 2019
"Female students in Torit receive training on menstrual hygiene management"
by Samira Y Salifu (United Nations Peacekeeping)
"The Sustainable Development Goals Report" (2017)
"Manual on the Right to Water and Sanitation" (2007)
