The United Nations’ oversight body will be investigating the Canadian Human Rights Commissions (CHRC) following reports that the Canadian body has discriminated against Black and racialized workers.
That oversight body – a subcommittee of the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI) – reviews the accreditation of national human rights institutions. GANHRI is not a UN body but oversees the relationship between human rights institutions and the UN, compliance with the UN’s Paris Principles and access to UN committees, notes CBC.
“Canada has long been seen as home to many nations, a champion of diversity and a global leader of human rights,” says Nicholas Marcus Thompson, executive director of the Black Class Action Secretariat, in the CBC report.
