July 15, 2025
July 2025 submission to the Special Committee to Review Provisions of the Human Rights Code
Our July 2025 submission to the Special Committee to Review Provisions of the Human Rights Code provides an overview of BCOHRC, including the history of the Office, some of our key achievements and how we have engaged communities across B.C. to protect and promote human rights in our province.
April 4, 2022
Submission to the Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General regarding immigration detention in provincial correctional facilities
BCOHRC was invited to make a submission on the human rights implications of the agreement between BC Corrections and the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) to use provincial prisons to detain asylum-seekers under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA) as the provincial government reviews the agreement.
November 24, 2021
Equity is safer: Human rights considerations for policing reform in British Columbia
These submissions to the Special Committee on Reforming the Police Act (SCORPA) use disaggregated demographic data to reveal disturbing racial disparities in policing in our province.
August 17, 2021
Budget submission 2021/22–2023/24
This submission was presented to the Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services.
September 29, 2020
Report to the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Under international law, economic rights— like the right to an ‘adequate standard of living’ through necessities like food, water and housing— are protected.