Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

The ''Charter'' itself influenced the [[Constitution of South Africa Chapter 2: Bill of Rights|Bill of Rights]] in the Constitution of South Africa.<ref name="lugtig" /> The limitations clause under section 36 of the South African law has been compared to section 1 of the ''Charter''.<ref name="Brice Dickson 1999" /> Likewise, [[Jamaica]]'s ''Charter of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms'' was also influenced, in part, by Canada's ''Charter''.<ref>Joint Select Committee. 2011. "[https://jis.gov.jm/media/charter-of-rights1.pdf Report of the Joint Select Committee on its Deliberations on the Bill Entitled An Act to Amend the Constitution of Jamaica to Provide for a Charter of Rights and for Connected Matters]." ''[[Government of Jamaica]]''.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20110417/cleisure/cleisure2.html|title=Rights and responsibilities under the charter|author=Mukulu|first=Matondo|date=2011|website=The Gleaner|location=Jamaica|type=News article}}</ref>

The ''Charter'' itself influenced the [[Constitution of South Africa Chapter 2: Bill of Rights|Bill of Rights]] in the Constitution of South Africa.<ref name="lugtig" /> The limitations clause under section 36 of the South African law has been compared to section 1 of the ''Charter''.<ref name="Brice Dickson 1999" /> Likewise, [[Jamaica]]'s ''Charter of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms'' was also influenced, in part, by Canada's ''Charter''.<ref>Joint Select Committee. 2011. "[https://jis.gov.jm/media/charter-of-rights1.pdf Report of the Joint Select Committee on its Deliberations on the Bill Entitled An Act to Amend the Constitution of Jamaica to Provide for a Charter of Rights and for Connected Matters]." ''[[Government of Jamaica]]''.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20110417/cleisure/cleisure2.html|title=Rights and responsibilities under the charter|author=Mukulu|first=Matondo|date=2011|website=The Gleaner|location=Jamaica|type=News article}}</ref>

The "justified limitations" wording from Section 1 of the ''Charter'' also directly influenced the one of the core provisions in the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990, section 5, which similarly states that the right and freedoms found in the New Zealand Act "may be subject only to such reasonable limits prescribed by law as can be demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society.".<ref>https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/bill-rights-new-zealand-white-paper</ref><ref>https://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1990/0109/latest/DLM225501.html</ref>

The "justified limitations" wording from section 1 of the ''Charter'' also directly influenced the one of the core provisions in the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990, section 5, which similarly states that the right and freedoms found in the New Zealand Act "may be subject only to such reasonable limits prescribed by law as can be demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society.".<ref>https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/bill-rights-new-zealand-white-paper</ref><ref>https://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1990/0109/latest/DLM225501.html</ref>

==The ''Charter'' and national values<span class="anchor" id="The Charter and national values"></span>==

==The ''Charter'' and national values<span class="anchor" id="The Charter and national values"></span>==