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     national histories

This page considers the evolution of human rights on a national basis.

It covers -

• introduction
• Canada

     introduction

Another perspective on human rights principles and application is provided by national histories, which illustrate that rights are both universal and grounded in specific cultures, affected by historical contingency and by the activism of individuals and advocacy groups.

     Canada

For Canada see in particular Christopher MacLennan's Toward the Charter: Canadians and the Demand for a National Bill of Rights, 1929-1960 (Montreal: McGill Queen's Uni Press 2003), Philip Girard's Bora Laskin: Bringing Law to Life (Toronto: Uni of Toronto Press 2005, 'Entering the Age of Human Rights: Religion, Politics, and Canadian Liberalism, 1945-1950' by George Egerton in 85(3) Canadian Historical Review (2004) 451-479, Ross Lambertson's Repression and Resistance: Canadian Human Rights Activists (Toronto: Uni of Toronto Press 2005), 'Jews, Human Rights and the Making of a New Canada' by Irving Abella in 11 Journal of the Canadian Historical Association (2000) 3-15, 'This is Our Country, These are Our Rights': Minorities and the Origins of Ontario's Human Rights Campaigns' by Carmela Partrias & Ruth Frager in 82(1) Canadian Historical Review (2001) 1-35, 'The 'Jewish Phase' in the Movement for Racial Equality in Canada' by James Walker in 34(1) Canadian Ethnic Studies (2002) 1-29 and 'Human Rights Law as Prism: Women's Organizations, Unions, and Ontario's Female Employees Fair Remuneration Act, 1951' by Shirley Tillotson in 72(4)
Canadian Historical Review (1991) 532-557.