Canada: Violence Against Indigenous Women Demands Inquiry

Email The visit to Canada on the week of August 5, 2013, by representatives of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights is a major step toward accountability for the murders and disappearances of indigenous women in British Columbia, Human Rights Watch said today. The landmark visit and mounting international attention to violence against indigenous women and girls in Canada should send another signal to the Canadian government about the critical need to convene a national commission of inquiry. (Toronto) – The visit to Canada on the week of August 5, 2013, by representatives of…

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