RNAO Recommendations

Strengthening Human Rights in Ontario

1. Make Ontario a leader in human rights protection by:
   • urging the federal government to fulfill its obligations under international conventions and treaties by implementing the recommendations of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and other international bodies;
   • amending provincial human rights legislation to fully include economic, social, and cultural rights;
   • amending the Ontario Human Rights Code to explicitly list gender identity as a prohibited ground of discrimination and harassment and include sexual orientation as a prohibited ground of harassment;
   • providing adequate funding for the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal to enhance enforcement of equality rights through the Ontario Human Rights Code.