Looking inside ourselves and out at the world
Independent and neutral with regard to all political and religious orientations, Tolerance.ca® aims to promote awareness of the major democratic principles on which tolerance is based.

Obama Reflects on Easter

U.S. President Barack Obama used his weekly address to reflect on the meaning of the Holy Week and Easter to Christians. Obama, who is a Christian, said Saturday the holy days remind us of our "responsibilities to God and, as God's children, our responsibilities to one another." The president said he and countless Christians during the Holy Week and Easter "remember the grace of an awesome God, who loves us so deeply that He gave us his only Son." Obama said...

Read complete article

~	UN rights experts warn new EU policy on boat rescues will cause more people to drown

~	'Racism, xenophobia, anti-Semitism or Islamophobia are poisoning our societies' – UN chief

~	UN rights chief urges Kenyan leaders to act responsibly, avoid further violence

~	UN rights office 'deeply concerned' about deteriorating humanitarian conditions in Gaza

~	UN rights expert urges restraint in security operation in Myanmar's Rakhine state

~	Protecting indigenous peoples' rights 'is protecting everyone's rights' – UN

~	Protecting rights and dignity of indigenous peoples 'is protecting everyone's rights' – UN

~	New UN human rights office to open in Liberia in early 2018

~	DR Congo: UN report indicates Government participation in ethnic massacres in Kasai

~	ISIL's 'genocide' against Yazidis is ongoing, UN rights panel says, calling for international action