Richard Warman

Richard Warman
NationalityCanadian
EducationB.A., LL.B, LL.M
Alma materQueen's University, University of Windsor, McGill University
Known forLegal and political activism, anti-racism, human rights issues

Richard Warman is an Ottawa-based lawyer who is active in human rights law. Warman worked for the Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC) from July 2002 until March 2004. He is best known as the primary instigator of actions related to Internet content under Section 13(1) of the Canadian Human Rights Act against people including white supremacists and neo-Nazis.[1]

Warman wrote a detailed report on Internet hate in Canada for B'nai B'rith's Annual Audit of Antisemitic Incidents,[2] and has been the target of anti-Semitic smears himself, though he has testified in the past that he is not Jewish.[3] He received the Saul Hayes Human Rights Award from the Canadian Jewish Congress in June 2007 for "distinguished service to the cause of human rights".

  1. ^ Joseph Brean (2 September 2009). "Hate speech law unconstitutional: rights tribunal". National Post. Retrieved 28 October 2010.
  2. ^ "audit2005Analysis". Archived from the original on 16 July 2012.
  3. ^ "Richard Warman and Canadian Human Rights Commission v. Fred Kyburz". Canadian Human Rights Tribunal. 9 May 2003. Archived from the original on 23 May 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2018.