What are examples of government decisions that harm human rights?
In the past few years the Canadian government has: • Refused to recognize the human right to water • Sought to overthrow a world moratorium on Terminator technology, which causes seeds to become sterile after just one first harvest, thus endangering people’s right to food and the planet’s biodiversity • Helped sabotage a U.N. Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples • Blocked action internationally to control export to developing countries of asbestos, the world’s biggest industrial killer • Failed to meet our obligations under international human rights law by refusing to deal with inequality and poverty. This especially affects women, children and First Nations peoples. • Weakened a UN Convention on Forced Disappearances • Ignored important recommendations made to Canada by U.N. human rights committees Holistic approach Human rights and the environment are sometimes treated as separate entities. Rightoncanada.ca takes a holistic approach. People and the planet are one and need
