WorldNews Posted March 7, 2015 Posted March 7, 2015 [attach=full]18528[/attach]Canada's failure to properly investigate widespread violence against aboriginal women and girls, including disappearances and murders, constitutes a "grave violation" of their rights, a UN watchdog said Friday. The Canadian police and justice systems have failed to effectively protect aboriginal women and girls from violence and to hold perpetrators accountable, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) concluded in a report. "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," committee members Niklas Bruun and Barbara Bailey said in a statement. "Yet despite the seriousness of the situation, the Canadian state has not sufficiently implemented measures to ensure that cases of missing and murdered aboriginal women are effectively investigated and prosecuted," they said. Continue reading... Quote
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