British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal
We deal with human rights complaints in BC
The BC Human Rights Tribunal is responsible for accepting, screening, mediating, and adjudicating human rights complaints.
News
- Update from the Chair on Backlog and DelayMarch 7, 2025 What is the Backlog? Backlogs accumulate when a Tribunal has more complaints than it has capacity to process. The number of new complaints filed with the Tribunal spiked in the 2020/21 fiscal year, and those numbers have remained more than double the historic average since. Tribunal resources did not keep pace with… Read more: Update from the Chair on Backlog and Delay
- Request for qualification for mediators is posted on BC BidNovember 25, 2024 Interested Vendors are invited to submit a Response to this RFQ for the opportunity to be evaluated for eligibility to be added to the BC Human Rights Tribunal’s list of Qualified Suppliers to provide mediation services.
- Holiday office hoursNovember 15, 2024 Regular hours: Monday to Friday, 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM Holiday Hours A secure drop box is located outside the door under the Tribunal sign if you wish to drop off documents on the 27th or 31st of December during business hours.
- Revised policies, rules, and new formsNovember 15, 2024 Today, the Tribunal issued a revised Accommodation Policy and Form 10 – Accommodation Request, including to clarify when to use a Form 10. The Tribunal changed one aspect of its Mediation Policy regarding support persons. The Tribunal issued its Participant Access to Complaint Record Policy and a new form under the new… Read more: Revised policies, rules, and new forms
- Annual Report 2023-2024September 3, 2024 BCHRT’s Annual Report 2023-2024 is now available to the public. View all reports