Government of Canada responsibilities for domestic and international human rights : Responsabilités du gouvernement du Canada en matière de droits de la personne au pays et sur la scène internationale

The Constitution sets out both the powers granted to the federal government and the rights that are constitutionally protected in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. [...] The Civil Litigation Branch of the Department of Justice Canada handles the majority of litigation on behalf of the Government of Canada and is responsible for ensuring that, among other things, there is consistency in the positions taken in litigation. [...] Examples of such instruments include the United Nations’ Convention on the Rights of the Child, Convention on the Political Rights of Women, Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, and the Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees; the Organization of American States’ Inter-American Convention on the Granting of Civil Rights to o Women; the International Labour Orga [...] The chief human resources officer, located within the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, represents the Government of Canada as the employer with regard to human resources issues, including the implementation of the Employment Equity Act within the federal public service. [...] Canada’s delegation to the UPR in February 2009 was headed by the deputy minister of the Department of Justice Canada and consisted of representatives of the Department of Justice Canada, Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada, the Human Resources and Skills Development Canada, Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada, Canadian Heritage, the Office of the Attorney General in the