PressTV-‘Canada aborigines’ rights violated’

7.3.15

PressTV-‘Canada aborigines’ rights violated’: Canada has ‘gravely’ violated rights of aboriginal women, failing to effectively investigate widespread violence against them, including murder, says a United Nation committee.

The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) concluded in a report on Friday that the Canadian police and justice systems had failed to provide native women and girls equal protection against violence, and to hold perpetrators responsible, which is a “grave violation” of their rights.

“Aboriginal women and girls are more likely to be victims of violence than men or non-aboriginal women, and they are more likely to die as a result,” said Niklas Bruun (seen in the picture below) and Barbara Bailey, who serve with the committee.