British Columbia’s Office of the Human Rights Commissioner
British Columbia’s Office of the Human Rights Commissioner is a Canadian government administration body based in Vancouver, British Columbia. The current Human Rights Commission for the Province of British Columbia is Kasari Govender, who began her five-year term on September 3, 2019.1)
History
COVID-19
On November 5, 2020, Human Rights Commissioner Kasari Govender published a guidance document titled “A human rights approach to mask-wearing during the COVID-19 pandemic.” This document was “updated over time to reflect changing circumstances,” with revised versions published on November 23 and December 10, 2020, and April 23, July 22 and September 29, 2021.2)
External links
1)
Our team. BC’s Office of the Human Rights Commissioner. Retrieved March 8, 2023, from http://archive.today/2023.03.08-060125/https://bchumanrights.ca/about-us/our-team/
2)
A human rights approach to mask-wearing during the COVID-19 pandemic. BC’s Office of the Human Rights Commissioner. Retrieved May 15, 2023, from http://archive.today/2023.05.15-191203/https://bchumanrights.ca/publications/mask/