HALIFAX Canada should respond to a U.N. committee examining whether it failed to protect Mi’kmaq fishers from racist violence, even though the independence of committee members can be questioned, a former human rights investigator says. John Packer, who has carried out human rights inquiries for the U.N. and is a law professor at the […]
Canada should engage U.N. racism group, though chair independence a question: expert
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Debris from a burnt out fish plant is scattered along the shore in Middle West Pubnico, N.S. on Saturday, Oct. 17, 2020. Canada should respond to a U.N. committee examining whether it failed to protect Mi kmaq fishers from racist violence, even though the independence of committee members can be questioned, a former human rights investigator says. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
HALIFAX – Canada should respond to a U.N. committee examining whether it failed to protect Mi’kmaq fishers from racist violence, even though the independence of committee members can be questioned, a former human rights investigator says.
A letter from the UN s Committee on the Elimination of Racism includes allegations Canada failed to take appropriate measures to prevent these acts of violence and to protect the fishers and their properties from being vandalized, and that treaty rights have been breached.
A federal Fisheries Department spokeswoman said in a text Friday that the federal government is reviewing the letter from the UN committee and will respond to the inquiry directly.
Packer, the director of the university s Human Rights Research and Education Centre, said if the group concludes Canada breached terms of a convention that aims to eliminate racism, it harms Canada s credibility, even if the conclusions aren t legally binding.
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In Dialogue with Belgium, Committee on Elimination of Racial Discrimination Asks about Lack of Data on Ethic Origin and Removal
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The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this afternoon concluded its consideration of the combined twentieth to twenty-second periodic reports of Belgium on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.
Committee Experts said the absence of data on ethnic origin made the assessment of this report difficult. Could the delegation inform the Committee about measures considered to address this matter? Committee Experts also asked the delegation to provide information about efforts to address issues related to education on racism and Belgium’s colonial past.