BC Human Rights Tribunal

Legislation

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• Legislation
• Human Rights Code
• Administrative Tribunals Act

Rules of practice and procedure

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• Rules
• Effective 2016

Practice directions

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• Practice directions
• Complaints on behalf of another person
• Application to dismiss a complaint against individual respondents
• Page restrictions on application to dismiss a complaint
• Legal authorities
• Application of January 15, 2016, Rules of practice and procedure
• Hearing recordings and transcripts
• Application of July 15, 2014, Rules of practice and procedure

Forms

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• Forms

Public hearings

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• Hearings and schedule

Decisions

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• Decisions by year
• Recently released decisions

Leading cases

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• Leading cases
• Test for discrimination
• Employment
• Tenancy
• Services customarily available to the public
• Unions or occupational associations
• Publications
• Protected characteristics
• Retaliation
• No arguable contravention of the Code
• Dismissing a complaint for no reasonable prospect of success
• Complaint made in bad faith or for improper purposes
• Substance of the complaint appropriately dealt with in other proceeding
• Costs for improper conduct

Reviews

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• Judicial reviews of decisions

Policies

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• Policies
• Accommodation policy
• Mediation policy
• Policy for complaints on behalf of another person
• Policy on a complainant’s duty to communicate with the Tribunal
• Policy respecting mediation by presiding member
• Privacy policy – complaint process
• Public access & media policy

Programs

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Special programs

Glossary

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Glossary

Information & guides

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• Information and guides
• Information in Chinese
• Information in Punjabi
• Dismissal applications
• General application
• Guides
  • BC Human Rights Code and Tribunal
  • Settlement meeting
  • Getting ready for a hearing
  • Self represented
  • Online hearings

FAQs

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• Human rights
• Making a complaint
• Complaint process
• Communication to other participants
• Settlement meetings mediation
• Role of the Tribunal and who can help