Vancouver B.C. – B.C.’s Office of the Human Rights Commissioner (BCOHRC) has released their latest I Love My Human Rights video featuring former drug user Guy Felicella. After 30 years […]

Newest video: Guy Felicella About this video Our seventh I Love My Human Rights video features Guy Felicella, a former drug user who was able to recover and build a […]

B.C.’s Human Rights Commissioner is hosting a series of live conversations on key issues facing B.C. with leading experts and community advocates. Learn more about the Beyond the Headlines discussion […]

This paper lays out the B.C. Human Rights Commissioner’s positions on the toxic drug crisis and calls for an evidence-based response that centres public health and compassion for those impacted. […]

Vancouver B.C. – Today, B.C.’s Human Rights Commissioner, Kasari Govender, released a position statement on the human rights impacts of the toxic drug crisis, emphasizing the need to place evidence-based […]

Building on the Commissioner’s 2021 Equity is Safer report, this inquiry seeks to quantify police use of force in B.C. against people who are racialized and/or have mental health issues.

What the right to health is There are many international laws that protect the right to the highest attainable standards of health. This right includes four essential, interrelated elements: Critically, […]

Building on the Commissioner’s 2021 Equity is Safer report, this inquiry seeks to quantify police use of force in B.C. against people who are racialized and/or have mental health issues.

Our Annual Report (2020/2021) tells the story of our work and outcomes resulting from the previous fiscal year.

Vancouver B.C. – BC’s Office of the Human Rights Commissioner (BCOHRC) has released a five-year strategic plan with new priorities and grounding approaches aimed at driving transformative social and legal […]

Our Annual Report (2020/2021) tells the story of our work and outcomes resulting from the previous fiscal year.

What democracy is The UN’s Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has declared that democratic systems are essential to the protection of human rights. Democracy includes the […]

Release date Issue/label March 14, 2025 Joint letter to provincial and federal housing ministers regarding encampment funding, sent with Office of the Federal Housing Advocate February 26, 2025  Letter to […]

Note: For more information, see the B.C. human rights system portal. The portal explains the differences between each part of the province’s human rights system and helps you know where to go […]

B.C.’s Human Rights Commissioner intervened in this case to clarify how the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and international human rights law applies to the rights of unhoused people living in encampments.