Our Mission
Our Mission
Our Mission
FAAVM is the leading Canadian international minority rights organization, working to secure rights for ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities, in accordance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Our Mandate
Our Mission
Our Mission
Inspired by the provisions of article 27 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, we strengthen civil society movements working to combat discrimination and promote equality. To do this, we support equality movement coalitions and help to develop and implement advocacy strategies
Our Purpose
Our Mission
Our Purpose
The FAAVM strives for coordinated, effective and sustained national and international support for Canada’s transformative efforts for inclusive sustainable peace, security, socioeconomic development, to combat discrimination and promote equality as a fundamental human right and a principle of social justice
OUR PHILANTHROPIC PLATFORM
Disadvantaged Minorities
Disadvantaged Minorities
Disadvantaged Minorities
We understand how discrimination based on age, class, gender and disability can have a multiple impact on disadvantaged minorities, and our campaigns target governments and communities to eradicate such attitudes
Social Justice
Disadvantaged Minorities
Disadvantaged Minorities
Social justice is the equal access to wealth, opportunities, and privileges within a society. Social justice is the view that everyone deserves equal economic, political and social rights and opportunities
Human Rights
Disadvantaged Minorities
International Law
Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace
International Law
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
International Law
Also called public international law or law of nations, the body of legal rules, norms, and standards that apply between sovereign states and other entities that are legally recognized as international actors
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Adopted by consensus in 1992, the United Nations Minorities Declaration in its article 1 refers to minorities as based on national or ethnic, cultural, religious and linguistic identity, and provides that States should protect their existence
Civil Rights
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Civil Rights are an essential component of democracy. They're guarantees of equal social opportunities and protection under the law, regardless of race, religion, or other characteristics