Canadian Human Rights Tribunal

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The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal is a quasi-judicial body established in 1977 by the Canadian Human Rights Act. It is directly funded by the Parliament of Canada and is independent of the Canadian Human Rights Commission which refers cases to it for adjudication under the Act.

The Tribunal holds hearings to investigate complaints of discriminatory practices and may order a respondent to a complaint to cease a practice as well as levy fines.[1]

Its decisions can be appealed to the Federal Court of Canada which can also issue and enforce decisions made by the CHRT if violations continue and imprison an offender for contempt of court if a decision continues to be disregarded. This has happened in the cases of John Ross Taylor in 1981 and Tomasz Winnicki in 2006.