Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms is a constitutionally entrenched bill of rights which forms part of the Constitution of Canada adopted in 1982. Its purpose is to protect rights of Canadian citizens from actions and policies of all levels of government. Its precursor, The Canadian Bill of Rights, 1960, introduced by the Diefenbaker government, had a far more limited scope and was easily amendable. The Charter developed out of the United Nations human rights and freedoms movement as enunciated in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a document first drafted by a Canadian legal scholar, Professor John Peters Humphrey.

Related Topics:
Bill of rights - Constitution of Canada - 1982 - The Canadian Bill of Rights, 1960 - Diefenbaker - United Nations - Human rights - Freedom - Universal Declaration of Human Rights - Legal scholar - John Peters Humphrey

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