The Charter of Rights and Freedoms
www.canada.justice.gc.ca or visit your local library's reference section.

Civil liberties (Canadian)
See the B.C. Civil Liberties Association web site at www.bccla.org or contact us at 604-687-2919
Email: info@bccla.org.

Civil liberties (Canadian)
See the Canadian Civil Liberties Association web site at www.ccla.org or contact them at 416-363-0321.

Civil liberties (American)
See the American Civil Liberties Union’s web site at www.aclu.org

Human rights (B.C.)
See the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal at www.bchrc.gov.bc.ca
Tel: 604-775-2000 TTY: 604-775-2021
Toll-free outside Victoria and the lower mainland: 1-888-440-8844
E-mail: bc.human_rights_commission@ag.gov.bc.ca

Human rights (International agreements)
United Nations web site at www.un.org has the Universal Declaration and other human rights agreements.

School law
Visit the reference section of your local library for B.C. Provincial legislation or see the Ministry of Education’s web site at www.gov.bc.ca/bced

The Criminal Code, the Youth Criminal Justice Act and other federal Acts
Visit the reference section of your local library for Canadian federal legislation or see the federal department of Justice’s web site at www.canada.justice.gc.ca.
http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/Y-1.5/110805.html for the Youth Criminal Justice Act.

Fairness in schools
Ombudsperson's office www.ombud.gov.bc.ca
Tel: 1-800-567-3247

Privacy and access to information issues
Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner www.oipcbc.org
Tel: 250-387-5629
Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada www.privcom.gc.ca
Tel: 1-800-282-1376

Court decisions (Canada)
Visit the reference section of your local library or see the Supreme Court of Canada's web site at www.scc-csc.gc.ca

Court decisions (B.C.)
Visit the reference section of your local library or see the B.C. Superior Courts’ (B.C. Supreme Court or B.C. Court of Appeal) web site at www.courts.gov.bc.ca

Legal Information Services
For general legal questions, call the Vancouver Courthouse Library at 604-660-2841 or 1-800-665-2570 or visit the Courthouse Library Society web site at www.bccls.bc.ca.

General legal information
For an awesome legal search engine see www.canlii.org. The following law libraries are open to the public: UBC law library, UVIC law library and the Vancouver Courts law library on Smythe Street. Reference librarians are always very helpful in assisting you to locate cases, books, etc.