Unit 2: Human Rights and Charter Flashcards
Power of a court to rule a law is no longer in effect
Strike Down
3 or more people create disturbances that Instil fear in others
Unlawful Assembly
A clause that allows a provincial/territorial law to be valid even if it contradicts the charter
Notwithstanding Clause
Rights that have been violated
Infringed
Clause that allows certain limits to be set on rights and freedoms
Reasonable Limits
Changes made to constitution
Amendment
Beyond the authority for government to pass a law
Ultra vires
A court decision that indicates a law is generally acceptable except in a specific case
Read Down
Right to vote
Franchised
What is the Right?
guarantees the rights and freedoms set out in it subject only to such reasonable limits prescribed by law as can be demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society.
Section One
What is the Right?
Freedom of Expression
Section 2
What is the Right?
Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of the person and the right not to be deprived thereof except in accordance with the principles of fundamental justice
Section 7
What is the right
Everyone has the right to be secure against unreasonable search or seizure.
Section 8
What is the right?
Every individual is equal before and under the law and has the right to the equal protection and equal benefit of the law without discrimination and, in particular, without discrimination based on race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, sex, age or mental or physical disability
Section 15
What is the Right?
Anyone whose rights or freedoms, as guaranteed by this Charter, have been infringed or denied may apply to a court of competent jurisdiction to obtain such remedy as the court considers appropriate and just in the circumstances.
Section 24
