Friday, December 10, 2010
DEC. 10 United Nations International Human Rights Day
Sixty years ago, the United Nations General Assembly adopted its famous declaration that, even today, remains as the most important statement ever to be formulated. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights recognizes “the inherent dignity” and “the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family.”
Presentation of Terence G. Ison, LL.D, Professor Emeritus, Osgoode Hall Law School
Wednesday, December 08, 2010
Union Leader to Union Leader:Ryan calls on McCormack to end the code of silence on G20 beatings
Monday, December 06, 2010
DEC 6: NATIONAL DAY OF REMEMBRANCE AND ACTION ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN: OFL CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION TO ERADICATE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
Friday, December 03, 2010
OFL December 6 Statement National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women
December 6 is the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. This day marks the anniversary of the murders in 1989 of 14 young women at l’École Polytechnique de Montréal. They died because they were women.
Thursday, December 02, 2010
APPEAL ON BEHALF OF LEAF: Women’s Legal Education and Action Fund
Our ally in the fight for women’s equality urgently needs your financial support. The Women’s Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF) is the only national organization that works to ensure our courts and policy makers recognize the equality rights guaranteed under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms for women and other marginalized persons.
OFL STATEMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES (DECEMBER 3, 2010)
Fri., Dec. 3, marks the United Nations’ International Day of Persons with Disabilities and gives prominence to issues of access, inclusion and equality. It also shines a spotlight on the need for urgent government action in support of the full involvement of persons with disabilities.