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The Baseline Recommendations Database is a living database maintained by BC’s Office of the Human Rights Commissioner (BCOHRC) that allows you to search human rights recommendations focused on British Columbia.

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This database currently contains more than 1,700 recommendations sourced from over 70 reports on human rights issues relevant to British Columbia. Each search result contains information about the recommended human rights action, the report it came from, the groups affected by the recommendation, the target audience called on to respond to the recommendation and, where relevant, the location that the recommendation refers to.

You can search for recommendations from across all reports included in the database based on key criteria, or you can opt to view all recommendations associated with a single report. The database does not contain information about the implementation status of individual recommendations. Confirmation of the implementation status of any specific recommendation is a complex process that is subject to interpretation. For information about the implementation status of any specific recommendation, we recommend you contact the organization or author responsible for the report and/or the duty bearer* or body responsible for implementing the recommendation.

*”Duty bearer” here refers to persons or organizations with particular obligations or responsibility to respect, uphold and obey human rights laws. For example, under the B.C. Human Rights Code, duty bearers include employers, landlords and service providers.
BCOHRC’s Baseline Recommendations Database is for community organizations, advocates, researchers or passionate individuals working to learn more about human rights issues in our province. This database is also for all levels of government and decision makers who can use it to see more easily what recommendations have been made in areas they are responsible for. The aim of the database is to serve as a resource that can help these groups implement recommendations and take action to move the needle forward on human rights in British Columbia.
The database currently contains recommendations sourced from reports based on the project’s inclusion and exclusion criteria. Included reports must be published after 2018 and be about human rights issues in British Columbia.

If you would like to learn more about the inclusion and exclusion criteria, please see our Frequently Asked Questions page. If you would like to submit a publication for consideration for this database, please fill out this form and our research team will be in touch! Please note that as the database is updated quarterly, there may be some delay until you hear back from our research team.

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Recommendation 6: Build a more timely and porous communication system allowing better information flow between service providers who provide care to people with substance use problems. This, in turn, will allow for a personalized continuum of care to be established either on demand or following admission to the Emergency Department.

Close to Home: Families & Caregivers – Set priorities for addressing substance use addiction in BC

Group/author:
BC Centre on Substance Use

Year:
2018

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Category and theme:

Health
,
Mental health and substance use
Audience:

Government of British Columbia
,
Health authorities
Groups affected:

Substance users
Location of recommendation:

All of B.C.

Recommendation 3:

Based on respect and taking care of each other
Foster cultural connections and cultural resurgence
Make ceremony foundational
Design with Indigenous natural laws as the guide

Wisdom of the Elders – Guidance from the Community: A Tailored Approach to Indigenize Harm Reduction

Group/author:
Aboriginal Coalition to End Homelessness

Year:
2018

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Category and theme:

Decolonization and Indigenous rights
Audience:

First Nations governments
,
Government of British Columbia
,
Indigenous organizations
,
Non-profits and community organizations
Groups affected:

Indigenous Peoples
Location of recommendation:

Vancouver Island/Coast

Recommendation 8: Begin transition planning early on for youth who are in the temporary hotels to ensure no youth is discharged back to the streets. Explore keeping hotels and designating vacation rentals to youth.

COVID-19 & Youth Homelessness Special Report #2

Group/author:
BC Coalition to End Youth Homelessness

Year:
2020

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Category and theme:

Housing
,
Poverty and economic inequality
Audience:

Government of British Columbia
Groups affected:

Children and youth
,
Homeless & housing insecure people
,
Youth in care
Location of recommendation:

All of B.C.

Recommendation 4: BC should recognize the expertise of people with lived and living experience as a guiding principle in its mental health law.