Court Challenges Program - Human Rights

The Department of Canadian Heritage, in collaboration with the Department of Justice , has reinstated and modernized the Court Challenges Program. The objective of the Program is to provide individuals and groups in Canada with financial support to bring cases of national significance related to constitutional and quasi-constitutional official language rights and human rights before the courts.

The new Program is implemented and administered by the University of Ottawa, an organization independent of the Government. Funding decisions are made by two independent expert panels.