Do You Want To Be Part Of The Decision, Or Do You Want To Be Told What To Do?
Respect for the individual is the foundation on which the charter is built and is the highest law in Canada. Upholding the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms is the responsibility of all Canadian citizens.
Our charter clearly states, for example, that every citizen has the right to freedom of thought and belief, freedom of movement, freedom of peaceful assembly, freedom of association, the right to security of the person, the right to earn a living, and, the right to be treated equally under the law.
The primary responsibility of our decision-makers is to uphold the law. This includes our law enforcement officers, comprised of local, regional, national, as well as defense personnel (military). Their primary responsibility is to uphold the code of respect for the individual, as stated in our Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
This is the essence of our human rights – the recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family – and as such are protected by the rule of law.
A Universal Declaration of Human Rights developed from the international recognition of World War 2 as crimes against humanity. International law, enforced at the Nuremberg Trials 1946, prosecuted those responsible.
This Universal Declaration of Human Rights was crafted by John Peters Humphrey, in collaboration with Eleanor Roosevelt in 1948.
Fundamentally, the Nuremberg Code of 1947, ratified by the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki, concluded that never again would medical human experimentation be allowed without informed consent. That sense of responsibility of conduct is upheld in our 1982 Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Informed Consent dictates that you must have an essential role in the decision-making process which must be completely transparent and free of coercion. It is enforceable by law and must be upheld by all citizens, decision-makers, law enforcement officers and defense personnel.
Informed Consent is our Human Right….it is the supreme law of Canada.
