INTERNATIONAL VIEW Human Rights Enforcement Agencies and the Protection of Older Workers Against Discrimination: The Case of the Quebec Human Rights Commission Oscar E. Firbank, PhD University of Montreal ABSTRACT. The article provides insight into the way a human rights enforcement agency, the Quebec Human Rights Commission, imple- ments legal dispositions prohibiting age discrimination in employment. Drawing on data from claims filed before the Commission, the article es- Oscar E. Firbank, PhD, is Associate Professor with the School of Social Work at the Université de Montréal, Canada. He specializes in aging and social policy and has pub- lished on topics such as early retirement, retirement among minority seniors, pension policies, and the economic status of the elderly. Dr. Firbank can be contacted at the University of Montreal, C.P. 6128 Centreville, Montreal, Quebec H3C 3J7, Canada (E-mail: firbanko@grasp.umontreal.ca). An earlier version of this paper was delivered at the World Congress of the Interna- tional Association of Sociology held in Montreal, Canada, 27-31 of July 1998. The re- search was made possible by a grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and the University of Montreal. The author wishes to thank France Gagnon, LLL and PhD candidate, for her invaluable help in collecting and analyzing part of the data needed to complete this study. Journal of Aging & Social Policy, Vol. 12(3) 2001 2001 by The Haworth Press, Inc. All rights reserved. 65