Missing and murdered Indigenous women in British Columbia, Canada

The high numbers of missing and murdered indigenous women in British Columbia are concentrated in two different areas of the province: Prince George, in the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights | IACHR 2. |. Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women in British Columbia, Canada northern part of the province; and the Downtown East Side, an area of downtown Vancouver, the largest city and metropolit [...] The findings in the Missing Women’s Commission of Inquiry report regarding the irregularities in the handling of the investigations can serve as a starting point for reforms to the investigative function. [...] Based on its close analysis of the situation of missing and murdered indigenous women in British Columbia, in the present report the Commission issues a series of recommendations to the State of Canada. [...] Pursuant to Article 18 of the Statute of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, the Commission has the following powers with respect to the Member states of the Organization of American States: a. to develop an awareness of human rights among the peoples of the Americas; b. to make recommendations to the governments of the states on the adoption of progressive measures in favor of human ri [...] Regarding OAS Member states that are not party to the American Convention on Human Rights, such as Canada, Article 20 provides that the IACHR has the following powers in addition to those described in the paragraph above: a. to pay particular attention to the observance of the human rights referred to in Articles I, II, III, IV, XVIII, XXV, and XXVI of the American Declaration of the Rights and Du