Fix Indigenous issues, racial discrimination, countries tell Canada in UN human rights review

Many of the recommendations were repeated from the 2013 review, say civil society groups, who want Canada to change its human rights-management approach.

Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould led the Canadian delegation that appeared in Geneva for the United Nations’ third cycle of Universal Periodic Review of human rights on May 11. The Hill Times file photograph

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BY CHARELLE EVELYN

May 23, 2018

Indigenous issues continue to be a major blemish on Canada's human rights record, according to countries reviewing Canada this month as part of a regular United Nations process, though there's also an increase in calls to address other racial discrimination, particularly against Black Canadians. On...

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