BC Human Rights Tribunal

November 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 Participant Access to Complaint Record Policy and a new form under the new policy:…

September 3, 2024 BCHRT’s Annual Report 2023-2024 is now available to the public. View all reports

July 16, 2024 The Tribunal has amended the Case Path Pilot Practice Direction to clarify that the Tribunal reviews a complaint file for the purpose of case path selection after the deadline for document disclosure, rather than after the parties have completed document disclosure.

July 3, 2024 The Tribunal issued its Freedom of Information Request Policy.

May 10, 2024 The Tribunal has begun scheduling hearings after a temporary pause related to its backlog strategy. The Tribunal is scheduling hearings in the order of the date the complaint was filed, from oldest to newest. The Tribunal will contact parties in respect of scheduling as their case reaches the top of the queue.…

May 1, 2024 The Tribunal is pleased to report progress under its Backlog Strategy. As at May 1, the Tribunal has 524 open Covid-related cases in its inventory, down from 946 at the beginning of the backlog project. In total, the Tribunal has now closed roughly 68% of its Covid-related cases.  The Tribunal has also made…

The Tribunal is pleased to welcome eight new Tribunal Members: Ijeamaka Anika, Jonathan Chapnick, Robin Dean, Andrea Duncan, Theressa Etmanski, Christopher Foy, Andrew Robb, and Laila Said-Alam. The Tribunal has updated its Backlog Strategy regarding the Screening Inventory Project. The Tribunal is continuing its process review and managing delays in its process as a result…

BCHRT’s Annual Report 2022-2023 has been filed with the Clerk of the Legislative Assembly and is now available to the public.

The Tribunal has updated the Backlog Strategy, Case Path Pilot Project, and Public Hearings.