Publications

The following publications are available from the Human Rights Program. Some are available online, in HTML and/or PDF versions. Printed copies or alternative formats of certain documents are also available from the Human Rights Program .

Please note that we can only mail to addresses within Canada.

  1. General
  2. International Human Rights Instruments
  3. Canada's Reports to the United Nations

1. General

  • Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
    Also available: certificate (28 cm x 34 cm); poster (46 cm x 58 cm); Braille; audio-cassette; diskette

  • Printed versions of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms are also available in the following languages: Arabic, Armenian, Chinese-Simplified-Mandarin, Chinese-Traditional-Cantonese, Cree (Central), Creole, Croatian, Dutch, Farsi, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Inuktitut, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mi'kmaq, Oji (Cree), Ojibway, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Somali, Spanish, Tagalog, Tamil, Ukrainian, Urdu and Vietnamese.

  • Your Guide to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
    (Includes a complete text of the Charter and a discussion of its meaning)
    Also available: printed version; Braille; audio-cassette; diskette

  • Canadian Bill of Rights
    Also available: certificate (23 cm x 28 cm), poster (46 cm x 60 cm), audio-cassette

  • It's Your Right! – Teacher's Manual (Available in printed format only)

  • It’s Your Right! – Student’s Guide (Available in printed format only)

2. International Human Rights Instruments


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3. Canada's Reports to the United Nations

All reports are available in printed format. Only the most recent reports to the United Nations Committees are included here and are available online, in HTML and/or PDF versions.

Core Document to accompany all of Canada's Reports
(Basic reference document on Canada's political system for use by United Nations Human Rights Committees reviewing Canada's reports)

Reports on the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

Reports on the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

  • Fifth Report of Canada on the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (Covering the period 1999-2004)
    (HTML Version) | PDF Version, 571 KB)

  • Fourth Report of Canada on the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (Covering the period 1994-1999)
    (HTML Version | PDF Version, 1.61 MB)

Reports on the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination

  • Nineteenth and Twentieth Reports of Canada on the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (Covering the period 2005-2009)
    (HTML version | PDF version, 464 KB)

  • Seventeenth and Eighteenth Reports of Canada on the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (Covering the period 2001-2005)
    (HTML version | PDF version, 702 KB)

  • Interim Report in follow-up to the review of Canada's Seventeenth and Eighteenth Reports (Submitted in 2009)
    (HTML version | PDF version, 154 KB)

Reports on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women

  • Sixth and Seventh Reports of Canada on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (Covering the period 1999-2006)
    (HTML Version | PDF Version, 1.36 MB)

  • Interim Report in follow-up to the review of Canada's Sixth and Seventh Reports (Submitted in 2010)
    (HTML Version | PDF Version, 125 KB)

Reports on the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Punishment or Treatment

  • Sixth Report of Canada on the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Punishment or Treatment (Covering the period 2004-2007) (HTML version | PDF Version)

  • Fifth Report of Canada on the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Punishment or Treatment
    (Covering the period 2000-2004) (HTML Version | PDF Version, 359 KB)

  • Interim Report in follow-up to the review of Canada's Fourth and Fifth Reports
    (Submitted in 2006) (HTML Version | PDF Version, 193 KB)

Reports on the Convention on the Rights of the Child

  • Third and Fourth Reports of Canada on the Convention on the Rights of the Child
    (Covering the period 1998–2007) (HTML Version | PDF Version, 1.21 MB)

  • Second Report of Canada on the Convention on the Rights of the Child
    (Covering the period 1993-1997) (HTML Version)

Report on the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography

  • First Report of Canada on the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography
    (Submitted in 2009) (HTML Version | PDF Version, 403 KB)

Report on the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict

  • First Report of Canada on the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict
    (Submitted 2004)
    (HTML Version | PDF Version, 124 KB)

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