Ballantyne, Davidson, and MacIntyre v. Canada (Communications Nos. 359/1989 and 385/1989) are cases that the United Nations Human Rights Committee considered in 1993.
Circumstances of the case
The applicants are the English-speaking inhabitants of Quebec , two merchants and the owner of a funeral home. The provisions of the Quebec Charter of the French Language prohibited applicants from using the English language for advertising purposes, in particular in signboards and in the name of the company.
Committee considerations
The Committee decided that article 19 of the ICCPR was violated on freedom of speech, while articles 26 (on the prohibition of discrimination) and 27 (on minority rights) were not violated.
Seven committee members - Ndiaye, Herndl, Wennergren, Evatt, Ando, Bruni Celli and Dimitrievich - expressed dissenting opinions on various aspects of the case.
Links
- Text of the HRC Views , with abbreviations and a summary of dissenting opinions (Russian)
- Full text of the HRC considerations with dissenting views