Human Rights Commission – Dept. of Justice and Public Safety, GovNL 

Address: Regatta Plaza II, 84-86 Elizabeth Ave. 2^nd Floor, St. John’s NL A1A 1W7 

Mandate:

To protect individuals from discrimination and harassment and to promote equality of opportunity in Newfoundland and Labrador through use of the Human Rights Act.

Target Population:

Everyone within Newfoundland and Labrador.

Highlights of Programs/Services Offered:

• Receiving, recording and investigating an individual’s written complaints that allege violation of the Human Rights Act (based on one or more of the prohibited grounds of discrimination, which are: race, colour, nationality, ethnic origin, social origin, religious creed, religion, age, disability, disfigurement, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, family status, source of income and political opinion) 
• Compliant Process
  • Contact us and file a Human Rights Complaint Form
  • We apply the Human Rights Act to the compliant to see if we can help
  • we try voluntary mediation to resolve the compliant
  • we investigate the compliant if it is not resolved
  • The Human Rights Commissioners decide if there is enough evidence to go to a hearing
  • A Human Rights Adjudicator decides if discrimination happend or no
• Education and research designed to eliminate discriminatory conduct. 
• Community Justice Connect: is free, voluntary, and confidential. Our program provides a variety of conflict resolution services to Indigenous, racialized, and religious minority communities throughout Newfoundland and Labrador.
  • Our service is a place people can find help to address concerns, conflicts, and racism – direct, indirect, or systemic
• Advising and helping individuals, groups, organizations and governments on matters related to human rights. 
• Our list of resources can be found here