Ontario Human Rights Code protections. The Ontario Human Rights Code took effect on June 15, 1962, and it was the first Human Rights Code of its kind in Canada. June 15 was chosen as the proclamation date for the Human Rights Code because it was the 747th anniversary of the signing of the Magna Carta. The Ontario Human Rights Code of 1962 replaced the province’s existing anti-discrimination legislation, including: At the same time that the Ontario Human Rights Commission was created, the government of the day, led by Premier Leslie Frost introduced an amendment to the "Fair Accommodation Practices Act" to prohibit discrimination because
Human Rights and Climate Change needed to be priority in providing greater conceptual clarity to the application of human rights obligations related to the environment. In 2014, all 78 of the United Nations Special Procedures Mandate Holders issued a joint statement on Human Rights Day calling for states to incorporate their existing obligations under the human rights framework into climate change negotiations. This would have the effect of bringing the rights of those affected by climate change to the forefront of all response strategies. As of March 2015, there is now a Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment, an extension of the mandate