Human Rights Commission – Dept. of Justice and Public Safety, GovNL
Address: Regatta Plaza II, 84-86 Elizabeth Ave. 2nd Floor, St. John’s NL A1A 1W7
| Tel: (709) 729-2709 Toll-Free: 1-800-563-5808 Website: thinkhumanrights.ca/ | Fax: (709) 729-0790 X: @nlhumanrights Email: humanrights@gov.nl.ca |
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:
- Employer/ Service Provider Information Request Form: The Commission provides human rights information to employers and service providers, but does not offer legal advice.
- 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 not
- 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