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British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal

The British Columbia (BC) Human Rights Tribunal is an independent quasi-judicial body established by the BC Human Rights Code. It deals with complaints referred to it by the British Columbia Human Rights Commission. The site gives details of the Tribunal's mandate and its relationship with the Commission. The full text of the Tribunal's preliminary, interim and final decisions is provided, from 1997 onwards. They can be browsed by year from the Decisions page; to search by party name or key word, use the Advanced Search facility on the Search page (which searches the whole site).

Human Rights Tribunal - Quebec

Website for the Human Rights Tribunal of Quebec. The Tribunal was created in December 1990, comes under the judiciary system of Quebec, and has jurisdiction to hear and rule on complaints concerning discrimination, harassment and exploitation. The site is available in English and French versions, and contains a description of the Tribunal and how it works, together with links to a database of decisions from 1991 onwards in full-text HTML format on CanLII. The decisions are mostly in French, although there is a section in English in a separate file.

Canadian Human Rights Tribunal

Website for the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal available in English and French. The Tribunal applies the rights of equality, equal opportunity, fair treatment, and non-discrimination to cases referred to it by the Canadian Human Rights Commission. The site provides a database of decisions from 1979 onwards in full-text HTML format. The decisions can be searched by year or by complainant's name, and a free-text search engine is available which searches the content of the whole site.

Guide to Ontario Courts

Website for the Court of Appeal for Ontario, Superior Court of Justice (including the Small Claims Court) and Ontario Court of Justice, created and maintained by the Judges' Library and available in English or French. The site gives details of judges, notices, practice directions, rules and opening court speeches for all the courts. A searchable database of Court of Appeal judgments and endorsements from 1998 onwards is provided; for the judgments of the Superior Court of Justice and Ontario Court of Justice there are links to the CANLII website.

Courts of British Columbia

Official website for the British Columbia (BC) courts. The site contains a database of BC Supreme Court and Court of Appeal judgments from 1990 onwards, together with links to the BC Provincial Court's judgments on that court's own website. Instructions for obtaining copies of official original versions of judgments are provided. The judgments can be searched by court, date, party name and/or key word; they can also be browsed by year. The site provides descriptions of the courts, notices, practice directions, forms, hearing schedules, rules of court, annual reports and other information.

West Coast Environmental Law

Website of West Coast Environmental Law (WCEL), an environmental law and advocacy organisation based in British Columbia, Canada. The site provides information on WCEL's issues and programs including details of publications, news, campaign updates and links under these headings: climate change; environmental deregulation; water; forestry; oil, gas and mining; toxics and urban growth and development. The site offers an online library catalogue, newsletters and annual reports. WCEL publications can be downloaded in full.

Alberta Courts

Official website for the Alberta Court of Appeal, Court of Queen's Bench and Provincial Court. The site provides a database of judgments of the Court of Appeal and Provincial Court from 1998 onwards, and most judgments are available within 48 hours of issue. Judgments can be viewed in full-text in PDF format online. A free-text search engine is included. The site also gives court descriptions, notices, hearing lists, court calendars, practice directions and publications. Subscription services are available to provide RSS feeds of new material added.

British Columbia Law Institute

Website of the British Columbia Law Institute, based in Vancouver, Canada. The Institute was set up in 1997 and aims to promote the clarification of the law and its adaptation to modern social needs. The site contains background information on the Institute and includes the full-text (PDF) of its by-laws, completed reports and details of active law reform projects. Publications of the British Columbia Law Reform Commission from 1969 to 1997 can also be downloaded from the site in full in HTML, RTF or Word Perfect. A set of links to other law reform agencies is available.

World Law: Canada

Part of WorldLII's Countries service containing links to internet resources for Canada. A full range of browse and search features are provided by the site. Browse sections include links covering Canada's Courts, Government, Law Reform, Legislation, Parliament and Treaties and International Agreements. Additional sections highlight subject areas such as Cyberspace, Education, Elections, Financial Intelligence, Good Governance, Indigenous Law, Insolvency and Bankruptcy, Intellectual Property, Natural Resources, Privacy, Privatisation and Secured Transactions.

GayLawNet

Australian website providing information, news and resources concerning the law as it affects gay, lesbian, bi-sexual, transgender and intersex people around the world. Includes details of laws relating to children, discrimination, inheritance, partnership, property, sexual offences, superannuation and other topics in various jurisdictions around the world. There are also links to legislation, cases and news reports, some of which require subscription access.
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