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Human rights system
Recommendation 47:
In collaboration with BC Corrections, approach the BC Government for funding to review every use of force in a BC Corrections facility. In the interim, periodically review a random sampling of use of force incidents. Reviews should include interviews with the prisoner involved.
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Recommendation 6:
In any situation described in paragraph 1, the Report to Crown Counsel shall be delivered to the Assistant Deputy Attorney General, who shall refer the request for legal advice, or the charge assessment and any resulting prosecution to one of the following: a. a special prosecutor appointed under the Crown Counsel Act, or b. a lawyer in private practice in British Columbia or another Canadian jurisdiction, or c. a Crown prosecutor in another Canadian jurisdiction.
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Recommendation 5:
In a globalized world, what happens to one of us affects all of us.
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Recommendation 9:
In a complex case, the material in the Report shall be organized and indexed.
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Recommendation 4:
Improvements to Criminal Justice System processes and support for alternative approaches — exploration of alternative programs and changes to the courtroom practices
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Recommendation 5:
Improved Supports for Survivors — expanded social and health services, information for survivors, and access to independent counsel
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Recommendation 5:
Implement UN Sustainable Development Goal 1.5: ‘By 2030, build the resilience of the poor and those in vulnerable situations and reduce their exposure and vulnerability to climate-related extreme events and other economic, social, and environmental shocks and disasters’ in B.C.
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Recommendation 21:
Implement the recommendations of the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination contained in its Concluding Observations on the Combined Twenty-First to Twenty-Third Periodic Reports of Canada.
Islamophobia at Work: Challenges and Opportunities
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Canadian Labour Congress
Canadian Labour Congress
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2019
2019
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Recommendation 3:
Implement directives related to the confiscation of belongings from people who rely on public space, which recognize that this practice has continued potential for harmful and discriminatory impacts.
- In the rare event that belongings must be confiscated, directives should clearly detail how City staff are to protect the rights and dignity of those who are impacted, including rights to procedural fairness.
- City staff must provide at least 24 hours of advance notice prior to seizure.
- If someone’s belongings are justifiably confiscated, City staff must provide a receipt that details what was taken, and clear instructions on how to retrieve personal belongings.
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Recommendation 11:
Implement all 46 articles of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People.
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