The United Nation's has a charter of Human Rights. Not that it's followed.
1) The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and 2) the Bill of Rights
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global and regional system of protection of human rights
The Charter of Rights and Freedoms is part of the Constitution of Canada.
In Canada, the two documents that guarantee rights are the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the Human Rights Act. The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms outlines the rights and freedoms of Canadian citizens, while the Human Rights Act focuses on protecting individuals from discrimination.
By encouraging respect for human rights.
There is a universal charter for human rights orchestered by the United Nation Council but there is no universal charter for religion. Different religion abuse human rights due to their different fundemental. For example: A woman or a nurse or a teacher covers her mouth when speaking due to her religion obligation which she perceive it is her rights but... what about the rights of the person she is speaking to, the patient she is attending to or the student she is teaching to?.
The charter is a law and the UDHR is a document that isnt legally binding. The UDHR is a decloration countries should follow, not all countries do.
Pierre Trudeau, as Prime Minsiter of Canada, was the author of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms which became part of the Canadian constitution in 1980, and which is the foundation of human rights in Canada.
The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms applies to every province and territory in all of Canada.
Gilbert Marcus has written: 'The Freedom Charter' -- subject(s): Civil rights, Human rights