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Access to justice
Recommendation 42:
The healthcare professional should complete a written report that includes the prisoner’s account of the incident and their assessment of any physical injuries and/or psychological impact. This report should be included in the use of force review if the prisoner consents, and a copy should be provided to the prisoner.
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Recommendation 80:
The healthcare professional should complete a written report that includes the prisoner’s account of the incident and their assessment of any physical injuries and psychological impact. This report should be included in the use of force review if the prisoner consents, and a copy should be provided to the prisoner.
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Recommendation 9:
The greatest commonality between sex workers in Canada is the stigma they face. Most sex workers live in fear that their work will be revealed to family and neighbours. This stigma perpetuates conditions that have allowed predators to murder, rape, and abuse sex workers with impunity, because police failed to investigate and prosecute these crimes. Education is also needed to dismantle negative stereotypes about sex workers, but law reform is essential. Changing the law would be a first step towards undoing the stigma and accepting sex work as an occupation and people who do sex work as full members of our communities.
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Recommendation 18:
The direct access model used in British Columbia has been well received by participants involved in human rights disputes, experts and other stakeholders. The vast majority of advice we received urged us to maintain this model as it has been proven to be an efficient means of identifying and resolving issues that fall within the protections of the Code. This serves parties to the dispute well, in that it has eliminated lengthy delays relating to investigation that occurred in the past.
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Recommendation 3:
The consultation process should include an educational component for commission staff to assist them in understanding culturally appropriate and effective ways to gather evidence and conduct legal processes.
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Recommendation 21:
The clinic is the primary vehicle for helping complainants and respondents through the human rights complaints process. This role is performed well and is vital to B.C.’s human rights system. I heard calls for the clinic’s capacity to support complainants and respondents to be broadened. This recommendation arose particularly from small businesses and service providers that cannot afford to fund an expensive response.
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Recommendation 8:
The City of Vancouver should develop a policy on the confiscation of belongings by City Engineering Workers and police which recognizes the fundamental harms caused by the confiscation of belongings from people who rely on public space. The City should instruct its employees to end the confiscation of the belongings of people who rely on public space, especially necessities of life such as shelter, clothing, medication, and important personal items. When City staff must confiscate personal belongings, the City must provide at least 24 hours of advance notice, and when confiscation is justified, direct staff to issue receipts for belongings and cash, details on retrieval, and clear instructions on how people can get their property back. Any confiscated belongings must be stored in an accessible location within the DTES that people can easily attend.
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Recommendation 18:
The CBA 2020 Report recommends that in all cases where courts formally assess children’s best interests, children should be meaningfully informed about their participation rights, including their right to independent legal representation.
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Recommendation 2:
The best way to eliminate exploitation is not to create a highly stigmatizing set of laws that set sex workers apart from the rest of society, but rather to use existing Criminal Code provisions to punish perpetrators of violence and exploitation and ensure that sex workers enjoy full and equal access to police and labour protections that are theoretically available to everyone in Canada. (See Appendix 2, Existing)
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Recommendation 13:
The best policy and actions grow out of trust, respect and carefully listening to others. In its role as champion of human rights, it will be essential for the commission to adopt the “nothing about us without us” principle. By turning to working groups to guide and verify its work, the commission can ensure the voices of persons with human rights issues are reflected in its work.
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