Human rights panel accuses Canada of genocide against Indigenous population
An international panel is hearing evidence that residential schools, sterilization and child removals show a repeated intent to destroy Indigenous peoples.
- An international panel of human rights experts accused Canada of committing genocide against its Indigenous population after hearings in Montreal.
- The Permanent Peoples' Tribunal stated that Canada adopted policies including residential schools and forced sterilization of Indigenous women, deemed crimes against humanity with genocidal intent.
- Survivors showed strong emotion as tribunal members read the preliminary decision at the hearings on May 29, 2026.
- The tribunal criticized Canada for failing to fulfill responsibilities outlined in the 2015 Truth and Reconciliation Commission and will issue a full judgment on September 30, 2026.
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Canada continuing genocide against Indigenous Peoples, international tribunal finds
An international tribunal has ruled that the Government of Canada’s current policies constitute an ongoing genocide against Indigenous Peoples, following a grueling week of hearings on intergenerational trauma.
Canada responsible for genocide, crimes against humanity: international forum
The co-chair of the Permanent People’s Tribunal (PPT) on missing Indigenous children and unmarked graves in Canada says the panel of international human rights experts had “no difficulty” in accepting that the “pattern of composite acts” described by Indian residential schools survivors and other experts over the course of the last week “constitutes genocide.” “In international law, genocide need not involve mass killings,” said co-chair Frances…
An international panel of human rights experts accuses Canada of genocide against Aboriginal people.
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