This guidance was developed to support local governments in applying a human rights-based approach to emergency management planning and meeting their legal obligation under the Emergency and Disaster Management Act (EDMA) to include measures that address intersectional disadvantage in emergency planning.

This statement is intended to provide guidance to employers, landlords, service providers and each of us as individuals about how to ensure that human rights are protected and balanced against urgent public health priorities.

This document calls for a human rights-based response to the pandemic, even as more people get vaccinated and transmission rates drop.

This policy guidance from B.C.’s Human Rights Commissioner Kasari Govender details how mask-wearing requirements must accommodate people with disabilities or medical conditions that prevent them from using of non-medical masks.