PANEL ON UNIVERSAL DESIGN AND ACCESSIBLE PUBLIC SPACES – CENTRE
FOR HUMAN RIGHTS & LEGAL PLURALISM - OCTOBER 20, 2014. PRESENTATION
BY BÉATRICE VIZKELETY ON : REMEDIES & PREVENTION – IMPROVING THE
EFFECTIVENESS OF EQUALITY PROVISIONS AND HUMAN RIGHTS LAWS
(REFERENCES)
Legislation and International Instruments
 UN General Assembly, Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities : resolution
/ adopted by the General Assembly, 24 January 2007, A/RES/61/106, ratified by Canada
on March 11, 2010 and entered into force in this country on April 12, 2010, available at:
http://www.refworld.org/docid/45f973632.html
 Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Part I of the Constitution Act, 1982,
Schedule B of the Canada Act 1982 (UK), 1982, c 11, s. 15.
 Quebec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms, R.S.Q. c. C-12, in particular art. 12
and 15.
 An Act to secure handicapped persons in the exercise of their rights with a view to
achieving social, school and workplace integration, R.S.Q. c. E-20.1.
 Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005, S.O. 2005, CHAPTER 11.
Cases discussed
 Council of Canadians with Disabilities v. VIA Rail Canada Inc., [2007] 1 S.C.R. 650.
 British Columbia (Public Service Employee Relations Commission) v. BCGSEU, [1999] 3
S.C.R. 3, at par. 68.
 British Columbia (Superintendent of Motor Vehicles) v. British Columbia (Council of
Human Rights), [1999] 3 S.C.R. 868, at par. 22.
 Eaton v. Brant County Board of Education, [1997] 1 S.C.R. 241, at par. 66 and 67.
 A.G. of Canada v. Jodhan and Alliance for Equality of Blind Canadians, 2012 FCA 161,
Judgment delivered on May 30, 2012, (Nadon J.A., Sharlow J.A., Dawson J.A.).
 Wozenilek v. Guelph (City) (No. 3) (2010), CHRR Doc. 10-2302, 2010 HRTO 1652
(Wright).
 Green v. Canada (Public Service Commission) [1998] C.H.R.D. No. 5, conf’d for the
most part by the Federal Court in Green v. Canada (Public Service Commission [2000]
F.C.J. No. 778.
 Hughes - and - Canadian Human Rights Commission - and - Elections Canada - and Council Of Canadians With Disabilities, 2010 CHRT 4 (Can.H.R.T.)(Garfield),
2010/02/12.
Articles
 SHEPPARD, Colleen, «Of Forest Fires and Systemic Discrimination: A Review of British
Colombia (Public Service Employee Relations Commission) v. B.C.G.S.E.U.» (2001) 46
McGill L.J. 533, p.550 ff.
Varia
 Government of Canada, Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities - First
Report of Canada, 2014.
 For a review of existing policies, see Canadian Disability Policy Alliance, A Review Of
Disability Policy In Canada (2nd edition), Rebecca Bond, JD Candidate Queen’s
University, Faculty of Law, Mary Ann McColl, PhD, MTS Queen’s University, Centre for
Health
Services
&
Policy
Research
available
at
http://www.disabilitypolicyalliance.ca/latest-news/2013-review-of-disability-policy-incanada.html
 See also, the ‘commitments’ discussed in IMBEAULT, Jean-Sébastien and
PEDNEAULT, Evelyne, Awareness Project: Towards Universal Access To Goods And
Services In Pharmacies And Supermarkets, Quebec Human Rights and Youth
Protection Commission, June 6, 2013.