This week, Human Rights Watch and the IHRP provided the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women ("the CEDAW Committee") with a joint-submission highlighting two areas of concern. First, policing failures and abuses that contribute to Indigenous women's and girls' increased vulnerability to violence; and second, access to safe water and sanitation on First Nation reserve communities in Ontario. The submission contains information about these issues, and includes questions and recommendations for Canada.
