Studies & Bills
- Most Senate committees require an order of reference before they can undertake such work.
- An order of reference is a decision of the Senate, authorizing a committee to study a proposed law, government spending or a specific subject related to the mandate of the committee. An order of reference might specify what subjects a study should cover, how long it should take to complete, and other important details. It establishes the scope of the study and may give other powers the committee needs to conduct the study.
- Certain Senate committees have permanent orders of reference and are empowered by the Rules of the Senate to act on their own initiative without additional authority from the Senate.
- Below is a list of orders of reference that this committee has been authorized to undertake by the Senate or is empowered to act on their own initiative.
- You will also find for each order of reference:
- meeting dates and witness details,
- publicly available briefs and documents,
- minutes of proceedings, transcripts and video or audio recordings of public meetings (when applicable).
- Once the committee has completed its study, a link to its report to the Senate will also be posted here.
Government Response to the Seventh Report of the Standing Senate Committee on Human Rights entitled: "Anti-Black Racism, Sexism and Systemic" tabled in the Senate on December 11, 2023
Government Response to the Sixth Report of the Standing Senate Committee on Human Rights, entitled “Combatting Hate: Islamophobia and its impact on Muslims in Canada” deposited with the Clerk of the Senate on April 26, 2024
Government Response to the Fourth Report of the Standing Senate Committee on Human Rights entitled "Human Rights of Federally-Sentenced Persons", tabled in the Senate on June 16, 2021, during the Second Session of the Forty-third Parliament
Date/Time | Witnesses (9) | Location | Links/Notes |
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Nov 04, 2024
04:59 PM ET |
There are no witnesses on this study/bill for this meeting. |
Room B45, Senate of Canada Building, with videoconference |
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Oct 21, 2024
05:01 PM ET |
There are no witnesses on this study/bill for this meeting. |
Room B45, Senate of Canada Building, with videoconference |
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Apr 15, 2024
05:02 PM ET |
There are no witnesses on this study/bill for this meeting. |
Room B45, Senate of Canada Building, with videoconference |
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Mar 18, 2024
05:01 PM ET |
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Room B45, Senate of Canada Building |
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Feb 12, 2024
04:02 PM ET |
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Room B45, Senate of Canada Building, with videoconference |
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Oct 23, 2023
05:04 PM ET |
There are no witnesses on this study/bill for this meeting. |
Room B45, Senate of Canada Building |
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Government Response to the Fifth Report of the Standing Senate Committee on Human Rights entitled “Canada's Restrictions on Humanitarian Aid to Afghanistan" tabled in the Senate on December 14, 2022
The Subject Matter of Bill C-41, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and to make consequential amendments to other Acts
Date/Time | Witnesses (12) | Location | Links/Notes |
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Jun 12, 2023
05:03 PM ET |
Appearing
Witnesses
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Room B45, Senate of Canada Building, with videoconference |
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Government Response to the Fourth Report of the Standing Senate Committee on Human Rights entitled “The Scars we Carry: Forced and Coerced Sterilization of Persons in Canada – Part II” tabled with the Clerk of the Senate on July 14, 2022
Bill S-224, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (trafficking in persons)
- Third Report: Bill S-224, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (trafficking in persons), without amendment
Date/Time | Witnesses (5) | Location | Links/Notes |
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Jun 13, 2022
05:01 PM ET |
There are no witnesses on this study/bill for this meeting. |
Room B30, Senate of Canada Building, with videoconference |
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Jun 06, 2022
05:02 PM ET |
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Room B30, Senate of Canada Building, with videoconference |
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Examine such issues as may arise from time to time relating to human rights generally
- Eighth Report: Ripped From Home: The Global Crisis of Forced Displacement
- Seventh Report: Anti-Black Racism, Sexism and Systemic Discrimination in the Canadian Human Rights Commission
- Sixth Report: Combatting Hate: Islamophobia and its impact on Muslims in Canada
- Fifth Report: Canada’s Restrictions on Humanitarian Aid to Afghanistan
- Fourth Report: The Scars that We Carry: Forced and Coerced Sterilization of Persons in Canada - Part II
- Second Report: Special Study Budget 2022-2023
Date/Time | Witnesses (260) | Location | Links/Notes |
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Dec 09, 2024
04:32 PM ET |
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Room B45, Senate of Canada Building, with videoconference |
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Dec 02, 2024
05:03 PM ET |
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Room B45, Senate of Canada Building, with videoconference |
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Nov 25, 2024
04:32 PM ET |
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Room B45, Senate of Canada Building, with videoconference |
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Nov 18, 2024
05:06 PM ET |
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Room B45, Senate of Canada Building, with videoconference |
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Nov 04, 2024
04:59 PM ET |
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Room B45, Senate of Canada Building, with videoconference |
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Oct 28, 2024
05:03 PM ET |
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Room B45, Senate of Canada Building, with videoconference |
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Oct 21, 2024
05:01 PM ET |
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Room B45, Senate of Canada Building, with videoconference |
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Oct 07, 2024
05:33 PM ET |
There are no witnesses on this study/bill for this meeting. |
Room B45, Senate of Canada Building |
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Sep 23, 2024
05:06 PM ET |
There are no witnesses on this study/bill for this meeting. |
Room B45, Senate of Canada Building |
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Jun 03, 2024
04:01 PM ET |
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Room B45, Senate of Canada Building, with videoconference |
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May 06, 2024
04:16 PM ET |
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Room B45, Senate of Canada Building, with videoconference |
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Apr 15, 2024
05:02 PM ET |
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Room B45, Senate of Canada Building, with videoconference |
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Apr 08, 2024
04:50 PM ET |
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Room B45, Senate of Canada Building, with videoconference |
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Dec 11, 2023
04:01 PM ET |
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Room B45, Senate of Canada Building, with videoconference |
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Nov 27, 2023
04:32 PM ET |
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Room B45, Senate of Canada Building, with videoconference |
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Nov 06, 2023
04:37 PM ET |
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Room B45, Senate of Canada Building, with videoconference |
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Oct 30, 2023
04:31 PM ET |
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Room B45, Senate of Canada Building, with videoconference |
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Oct 23, 2023
05:04 PM ET |
There are no witnesses on this study/bill for this meeting. |
Room B45, Senate of Canada Building |
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Sep 25, 2023
05:02 PM ET |
There are no witnesses on this study/bill for this meeting. |
Room B45, Senate of Canada Building, with videoconference |
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Jun 19, 2023
04:28 PM ET |
There are no witnesses on this study/bill for this meeting. |
Room B45, Senate of Canada Building |
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Jun 12, 2023
05:03 PM ET |
There are no witnesses on this study/bill for this meeting. |
Room B45, Senate of Canada Building, with videoconference |
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Jun 05, 2023
05:05 PM ET |
There are no witnesses on this study/bill for this meeting. |
Room B45, Senate of Canada Building, with videoconference |
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May 15, 2023
04:02 PM ET |
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Room B45, Senate of Canada Building, with videoconference |
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May 08, 2023
04:13 PM ET |
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Room B45, Senate of Canada Building, with videoconference |
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May 01, 2023
04:04 PM ET |
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Room B45, Senate of Canada Building, with videoconference |
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Apr 17, 2023
05:01 PM ET |
There are no witnesses on this study/bill for this meeting. |
Room B45, Senate of Canada Building, with videoconference |
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Mar 27, 2023
04:04 PM ET |
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Room B45, Senate of Canada Building, with videoconference |
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Mar 20, 2023
04:00 PM ET |
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Room B45, Senate of Canada Building, with videoconference |
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Mar 06, 2023
04:05 PM ET |
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Room B45, Senate of Canada Building, with videoconference |
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Feb 13, 2023
04:06 PM ET |
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Room B45, Senate of Canada Building, with videoconference |
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Feb 06, 2023
04:01 PM ET |
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Room B45, Senate of Canada Building, with videoconference |
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Dec 12, 2022
04:39 PM ET |
There are no witnesses on this study/bill for this meeting. |
Room B45, Senate of Canada Building, with videoconference |
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Dec 05, 2022
04:05 PM ET |
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Room B45, Senate of Canada Building, with videoconference |
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Nov 28, 2022
04:08 PM ET |
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Room B45, Senate of Canada Building, with videoconference |
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Nov 21, 2022
04:18 PM ET |
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Room B45, Senate of Canada Building, with videoconference |
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Nov 14, 2022
05:04 PM ET |
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Room B45, Senate of Canada Building, with videoconference |
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Oct 31, 2022
04:01 PM ET |
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Room B45, Senate of Canada Building, with videoconference* |
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Oct 24, 2022
04:03 PM ET |
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Room B45, Senate of Canada Building, with videoconference |
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Oct 03, 2022
04:11 PM ET |
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Room B45, Senate of Canada Building, with videoconference |
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Sep 22, 2022
01:20 PM ET |
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Hilton Garden Inn Toronto Airport Trillium Ballroom, Main floor, 3311 Caroga Drive, Mississauga ON |
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Sep 22, 2022
09:06 AM ET |
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Hilton Garden Inn Toronto Airport Trillium Ballroom, Main floor, 3311 Caroga Drive, Mississauga ON |
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Sep 21, 2022
09:10 AM ET |
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Hilton Garden Inn Toronto Airport Trillium Ballroom, Main floor, 3311 Caroga Drive, Mississauga ON |
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Sep 20, 2022
09:12 AM ET |
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Hilton Quebec Room: Palais, 1st floor, 1100 René-Lévesque Boulevard East, Québec QC |
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Sep 08, 2022
01:27 PM ET |
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Sandman Signature Downtown Edmonton Ballroom, 2nd Floor, 10235 101 Street, Edmonton AB |
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Sep 08, 2022
09:10 AM ET |
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Sandman Signature Downtown Edmonton Ballroom, 2nd Floor, 10235 101 Street, Edmonton AB |
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Sep 07, 2022
01:14 PM ET |
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Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre Hotel Junior Ballroom CD, 3rd floor, North Tower, 1000 Burrard Street, Vancouver BC |
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Sep 07, 2022
09:10 AM ET |
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Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre Hotel Junior Ballroom CD, 3rd floor, North Tower, 1000 Burrard Street, Vancouver BC |
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Jun 20, 2022
05:02 PM ET |
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Room B30, Senate of Canada Building, with videoconference |
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Jun 13, 2022
05:01 PM ET |
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Room B30, Senate of Canada Building, with videoconference |
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May 16, 2022
05:01 PM ET |
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Room B30, Senate of Canada Building, with videoconference |
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May 09, 2022
05:01 PM ET |
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Room B30, Senate of Canada Building, with videoconference |
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May 02, 2022
05:00 PM ET |
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Room B30, Senate of Canada Building, with videoconference |
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Apr 25, 2022
05:04 PM ET |
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Room B30, Senate of Canada Building, with videoconference |
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Bill S-211, An Act to enact the Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act and to amend the Customs Tariff
- First Report: Bill S-211, An Act to enact the Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act and to amend the Customs Tariff, with amendment and observations
Date/Time | Witnesses (20) | Location | Links/Notes |
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Apr 04, 2022
05:06 PM ET |
There are no witnesses on this study/bill for this meeting. |
Room B30, Senate of Canada Building, with videoconference |
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Mar 28, 2022
05:04 PM ET |
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Room B30, Senate of Canada Building, with videoconference |
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Mar 21, 2022
05:02 PM ET |
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Room B30, Senate of Canada Building, with videoconference |
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Feb 28, 2022
05:01 PM ET |
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Room B30, Senate of Canada Building, with videoconference |
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Feb 07, 2022
05:00 PM ET |
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Room B30, Senate of Canada Building, with videoconference |
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Contact information
Caroline Woodward, Clerk
(343) 597-0602
Annie Trudel, Administrative Assistant
(343) 549-1142
Library of Parliament Analyst(s)
- Madalina Chesoi
- Robert Mason
Mailing Address
Standing Senate Committee on Human Rights
The Senate of Canada
Ottawa, Ontario
Canada, K1A 0A4