DVM 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Canadian Human Rights Commission, United Nations Human Rights Committee, Racial Profiling

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: International Development and Globalization
• Course: DVM 1100
• Professor: Christopher Sibbald

Document Summary

The least widely ratified major un treaty is the international covenant on the protection of the rights of all migrant workers. Only 49 states have ratified it, almost all of them countries of origin not destination for migrants. To top it off, it was adopted much earlier than other treaties, giving states ample time to ratify it. None of the un treaties provide for any penalties when states fail to abide by them. They have monitoring bodies which scrutinize, draw attention to shortcomings, make recommendations etc. but the only real penalty is the reputational cost. However the views of the un body might be used in domestic court which can impose penalties on the government. In the past decade canada has received criticism from the un human rights treaty bodies on: Racial profiling by police forces in major canadian cities. The governments failure to investigate and prosecute torturers who were now resident in.