Canada : Submission to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

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Canada : Submission to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
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93 (2017)
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This was a 2017 submission to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination reviewing Canada’s 21st and 23rd periodic reports at the 93rd session of the Committee. It identifies certain developments, such as the 2016 National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, as positive. However, it heavily critiques Canada’s treatment of Indigenous peoples, and specifically in section 2.1, Indigenous women and girls. Amnesty International made five recommendations regarding Indigenous women and girls, including the implementation of a National Action Plan on Violence Against Women that sees the cooperation of federal, provincial, and territorial governments, as well as working closer with Indigenous peoples on programming to achieve culturally relevant support and substantive equality for Indigenous women and girls.