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Considering the legal and human rights framework for addressing mass graves connected to Indian residential schools
 

Considering the legal and human rights framework for addressing mass graves connected to Indian residential schools
Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre

June 2021
Document
Related Schools
Kamloops (BC), Marieval (SK)
Creators
Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre
Description
The paper proposes some of the legal and policy issues that governments must address, in consultation and cooperation with Indigenous peoples, if a proper and serious framework for addressing unmarked burials and mass graves in Canada is to be established.
Language
English

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Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre
Statement of Responsibility
by the Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre.
Publication Information
[Vancouver, British Columbia] : [Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre, University of British Columbia]
Physical Description
1 electronic resource (19 pages)
Contents
Considering the legal and human rights framework for addressing mass graves connected to Indian residential schools -- Appendix: International human rights and legal considerations in relation to terminology and the discovery of undocumented burials at the Kamloops
Indian Residential School.
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