Collection of Documents

Relating to Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women in Canada

Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women in Canada

This collection of documents brings together reports, press statements, and various other documents that shed light on the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls in Canada. This collection was developed by the Canadian Feminist Alliance for International Action and has been subsequently expanded on by the Bora Laskin Law Library at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law. Various students and volunteers have generously contributed their time to developing this collection, including Anastasia Toma, Lara Koerner Yeo, and Liam Thompson.

While this collection is extensive, it is not comprehensive. It is a living collection of documents that will be updated in response to on-going reporting and community input. Please contact our library with comments and suggestions on documents to add to this collection. The collection is up to date as of April 2019.  

The collection is set out in five parts:

I.  Civil Society Reports
II. Government Reports
III. Secondary Resources
IV. United Nations Documents
V.  Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Documents 

NOTE: this collection does not currently include specific documents from the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. Access those documents on the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls website

Documents

Civil Society Reports

Federal and Provincial Government Reports

Secondary Resources

 (with links to open-access resources – where available)

United Nations Documents

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

UN Reports on Canada

Civil Society Submissions

First Nation's Submissions

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

Civil Society Submissions

Civil Society Reports

First Nations Submissions

CEDAW Inquiry Documents

International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights

UN Reports on Canada

Special Reports

Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Documents

144th Session

147th Session

United Nations Special Mechanisms:

Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women, its Causes and Consequences