charter of rights
111Charter 88 — A pressure group set up to campaign for major constitutional renewal at the time of the 300th anniversary of the Glorious Revolution of 1688. It urged the introduction of a package of constitutional measures ranging from a written constitution …
112charter — char·ter || tʃɑËtÉ™ n. document granting certain rights and privileges; contract, lease v. hire, rent …
113charter governments — English colonial governments in the nature of civil corporations, having power to make by laws for their own internal regulation, not contrary to the laws of England and with such rights and authority as are specially granted to them by their… …
114LGBT rights in Canada — Canada has provided more legal rights for LGBT people than many other liberal nations.Timeline1960sThe court case of Everett George Klippert caused much discussion of homosexuality among Canadians. In 1965 Everett George Klippert was interrogated …
115Quebec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms — The Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms (French: Charte des droits et libertés de la personne) is a statutory bill of rights and human rights code passed by the National Assembly of Quebec on June 27, 1975. It received Royal Assent from… …
116Canadian Bill of Rights — Infobox document document name = Canadian Bill of Rights image width = 200px image caption = John Diefenbaker holds the Bill of Rights date created = 1960 date ratified = 1960 location of document = writer = signatories = purpose = A Bill of… …
117Universal Declaration of Human Rights — Eleanor Roosevelt with the Spanish version of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. C …
118Victoria Charter — The Victoria Charter was a set of proposed amendments to the Constitution of Canada in 1971. This document represented a failed attempt on the part of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau to patriate the Constitution, add rights and freedoms to it and… …
119Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples — Part of a series on Indigenous rights …
120Bill of Rights — / rīts/ often cap B&R: a summary of fundamental rights and privileges guaranteed to a people against violation by the government; esp, cap B&R: the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution see also the constitution in the back matter Merriam… …
