Human Rights Commission - Government of Bermuda

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Promotes and protects human rights in Bermuda through education, investigation, and conciliation.

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Press Release Dec 2, 2025

Film Screening to Honour Disability Rights and Human Rights Day

The Human Rights Commission (HRC) and Ageing and Disability Services (ADS) invite the public to a free community screening of the award-winning documentary Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution on Sunday, 14 December 2025, at 2:30 pm in the Butterfield and Vallis Room at Bermuda College. Minister of Youth, Social Development and Seniors, the Hon. Tinee Furbert, JP, MP, encouraged broad participation and highlighted the film’s significance: "Crip Camp reminds us that progress in disability rights...

Press Release May 12, 2017

Upholding Human Rights Legislation

The Human Rights Commission is in agreement with the ruling of Justice Charles-Etta Simmons which reinforces the Commission's position that the primacy of the Human Rights Act, 1981 should be upheld, equality enforced, and rights respected. The decision also confirms that the Human Rights Act, 1981 serves as an important tool to protect the rights in keeping with the spirit of protection of rights and freedoms under our Constitution. At its core, this is an issue of equality and ensuring that...