Media Advisory - OHRC Chief Commissioner launches book on Balancing Competing Human Rights Claims

TORONTO, Nov. 27, 2012 /CNW/ - As Ontario society becomes more diverse, we see more and more cases where rights based on one ground of the Human Rights Code seem to conflict with rights of another ground. This past Spring, the Commission released a new policy that looks at everyday situations of competing human rights and addresses how to deal with situations when a person's or a group's rights come into conflict with the rights of others.

Following up on this work, on Wednesday, November 28^th, the Commission in partnership with York University is launching a book entitled, Balancing Competing Human Rights Claims in a Diverse Society: Institutions, Policy, Principles, published by Irwin Law Inc. Part One of the book presents this policy and a series of chapters that provide instructive background for the development of the policy. Part Two broadens the scope of the discussion by exploring broad principles at stake when human rights compete.

Where:	Senior Common Room McLaughlin College, York University 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, ON
6:00 pm	Welcome Dr. Lesley Jacobs, Academic Director/Executive Director Canadian Forum on Civil Justice Osgoode Hall Law School, York University
6:05 pm	Opening remarks and overview of policy Barbara Hall, Chief Commissioner Ontario Human Rights Commission
6:15 pm	Acknowledgements of Partners Dr. Shaheen Azmi, Director Policy, Education, Monitoring and Outreach, Ontario Human Rights Commission
6:30 pm	Concluding comments Dr. Lorne Foster, Director Graduate Program Public Policy Administration and Law York University
6:35 pm	Questions and answers.
6:40 pm	Media interviews, reception and refreshments

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SOURCE: Ontario Human Rights Commission

Afroze Edwards, Sr. Communications Officer
Ontario Human Rights Commission
416-314-4528