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Kimberly Nixon is a transgender woman who filed a human rights complaint against Vancouver Rape Relief & Women's Shelter Society (VRRS) for discrimination.VRRS argued that Nixon, a transgender woman, did not have the same life experiences as someone who is female and, therefore, could not volunteer as a peer rape counsellor. [1]
Legal Aid BC (formerly the Legal Services Society [1]) is the legal aid provider in British Columbia, Canada. Services are available for family (separation/divorce and child protection/removal), criminal law matters, and refugee applications, [ 2 ] and include legal information, advice, or representation, depending on the client’s legal problem.
The Civil Marriage Act (French: Loi sur le mariage civil) is a federal statute legalizing same-sex marriage across Canada. At the time it became law, same-sex marriage had already been legalized by court decisions in all Canadian jurisdictions except Alberta, Prince Edward Island, the Northwest Territories, and Nunavut.
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Human rights in Canada have come under increasing public attention and legal protection since World War II. Inspired by Canada's involvement in the creation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, [ 1 ] the current legal framework for human rights in Canada consists of constitutional entitlements , and statutory human rights codes ...
Craig Maynard, spokesman for Egale Canada, said that they "are thrilled by this decision", and said they would continue to push for the legalisation of same-sex marriage across Canada. Kathleen Lahey, who was a counsel to the couples, said that the court decision "confirms that the new federal law on same-sex marriage applies uniformly across ...
The lawsuit named as defendants the Attorney General of British Columbia, the Attorney General of Canada, and two groups of intervenors who opposed the plaintiffs' claim. . These groups, named by Steeves as "Patient Intervenors" and "Coalition Intervenors," were, respectively, a four-person group of non-expert citizens who said they "experienced harm while being treated by physicians engaging ...
right to legal counsel and the guarantee of habeas corpus. Section 11 rights in criminal and penal matters such as the right to be presumed innocent until proven guilty. Section 12 right not to be subject to cruel and unusual punishment. Section 13 rights against self-incrimination. Section 14 right to an interpreter in a court proceeding.