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Selected Themes and Tributes

From international and national laws to relations within the family, human rights apply to many aspects of Canadian life. This section is intended to provide basic information on various human rights topics of interest to Canadians and direction to other sources for more details. The information provided does not purport to be exhaustive. The opinions reflected in the following section are not intended to reflect the views of the federal government, in general, nor those of the Department of Canadian Heritage, in particular, rather to serve as a source of reference for human rights education.

Themes

Seniors

Rights of Children

Sexual Orientation

Persons with disabilities

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• Reference to Aboriginal Issues in Canada's reports

Freedom of Expression

Economic, social and cultural rights

Tributes

John Peters Humphrey (1905 - 1995)

Raoul Wallenberg (1912 - ?)