Ontario Human Rights Code

promoting one’s personal dignity. Human dignity is something that cannot be taken away from or forfeited by an individual in any manner (30). Human dignity states that every person is worthy and must be free from slavery and other acts that are appropriate to human nature (Webster Dictionary). Humans have dignity not because of what they have accomplished in their past, but because God created the person in his image with dignity (29). Through this view, humans are made to experience love and…

“exotic” and “oppressive” cultures, “but all human relations and institutions or structures in which gender stereotypes and fixed parental gender role are used in a way that is detrimental t let full realisation of women’s human rights.” Article 5 lays the foundation for an approach to go beyond the distinction between formal and substantive equality and concentrate on transformative equality (Hunter, 2008). This is a big progress in directing human rights actors and practitioners not just…

The Death Penalty has always a controversial topic especially in the United States. People have been for it and people of course have been against it. But the polls show that most of the people in America support the Death penalty. The highest number of people in support of capital punishment is 80% and the lowest has been in the fifties for a very brief time(Michael Foley, "Toward Understanding the Death Penalty Debate"). Most people that are both pro and against the Death Penalty would agree a…

This new world established new human race, independent in every aspect of life. America possibly is the only society with the freedom given to every individual. Our forefathers have given this freedom on the central idea of “free speech.” The right is free speech is evolutionary innate and prove of our existence. In our society, this right is so important that the writers of the ‘Bill of Rights’ gave it very first place and for personal safety empowered us with ‘Right to bear arms;’ meaning say…

center of development, we can begin to foster the rights of girls and provide them with rights to health, economic gain, and human rights. At the moment, according to the Girls Count report, one out of eight person’s are girls who do are not warranted the same basic rights as boys and who undertake most of the domestic labor in order for her family to survive. If nearly all countries are legally bound to respect, protect, and fulfill girls’ rights, then why is it that gender inequality is still…

unequivocal. Abortion is Murder. 2. Life starts at the moments of conception and abortion takes innocent lives. Conception till death. Nothing is added except nutrition and oxygen. A new human life is sin existence, ending this life is not ending “potential” that reveals the humanity…

jurisdiction to adjudicate cases concerning: protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms, resolution of disputes between the different levels of government, and complaints against any act of the Presidency or the National Council of Ministers if the act involves a violation of the decentralized system of government” (REDRESS 10). The court can also “order interim measures to avoid irreparable harm and effectively guarantee rights and freedoms before making a final ruling…and…

chances into turning to be a major risk taker. ("About Abortion Procedures.") Another big issue that is left hidden and not talked about is men’s rights on abortion. Most people don’t look at the father when it comes time to have an abortion. This huge conflict has the problem left unsolved. Technically speaking the man has the same amount of rights…

people in need? Is it because humans are inherently compassionate creatures or is it because people crave positive reciprocity. Regardless of the actual answer many people in the world lend their hands to people in need in order to give them the support needed to overcome a difficult situation. When one helps someone in need they help facilitate positive encouragement which is needed when someone is down on their luck. It may be the intrinsic feeling of compassion within humans that helps them…

patients’ interests. In the case of Mark Chanko, a man who had his death filmed and then shown for others’ entertainment, his caregivers did not hold up their end, and violated his rights to privacy by allowing the filming without his, nor his family’s consent. Charles Ornstein’s article raises questions on few special ethical rights being violated. The article describes a case of Mark Chanko, who was struck by the private sanitation truck on his way home from the grocery store. The ABC…