Indigenous advocates won’t turn down visit by UN special rapporteur, but are focused on need for criminal prosecution for residential school abuses
Indigenous leaders and advocates want to see those responsible for the abuses that took place in residential schools held criminally responsible for their actions. Some say the only way to do this is through the International Criminal Court, but that body says it cannot investigate crimes that took place prior to 2002.
Indigenous leaders want justice for the abuses that took place in residential schools, and say they won’t get it from yet another visit from the UN special rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous people to Canada.
Nonetheless, ...
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