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Access to justice
Recommendation 25:
We call upon the federal government to establish a written policy that reaffirms the independence of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police to investigate crimes in which the government has its own interest as a potential or real party in civil litigation.
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Recommendation 23:
Use of force reviews should include a description of the prisoners’ evidence. When a prisoner alleges misconduct and the review determines no wrongdoing, the decisionmaker should include an assessment of the evidence and reasons for preferring one witness’s evidence over another’s.
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Recommendation 72:
Use of force reviews should include a description of the prisoners’ evidence. When a prisoner alleges misconduct and the review determines no wrongdoing, the decision maker should include an assessment of the evidence and reasons for preferring one witness’s evidence over another’s.
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Recommendation 25:
Use of force reviews by headquarters should include a narrative assessment of the circumstances leading to the use of force and a description of the force used. There should be a checklist to identify whether key policy requirements were followed (was the prisoner decontaminated, was video preserved, etc.). The review should also acknowledge and respond to any concerns raised by the prisoner or their representative. When the review identifies problems or noncompliance with policy, it should outline corrective measures taken.
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Recommendation 3:
Upholding children’s rights requires the creation of an environment in which all children feel empowered to participate in legal proceedings that affect them, regardless of their circumstances
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Recommendation 27:
Track repeated violations of policy by the same staff person or institution at the headquarters level.
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Recommendation 26:
Track and report publicly on all uses of force against prisoners, broken down by type (physical handling, OC spray, ERT, etc). Disaggregate data by race, gender, disability and centre.
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Recommendation 7:
To be successful, a National Action Plan must be accompanied by adequate sustained funding to meet its goals as well as means to ensure accountability to Parliament and to the Indigenous women and their families who the plan would serve. Critically, such a plan should be developed in collaboration with Indigenous women’s organizations to ensure their full and effective participation in defining needs and solutions.
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- Access to justice ,
- Decolonization and Indigenous rights ,
- Discrimination and hate ,
- Economic inequality ,
- Gender-based violence ,
- Health, wellness and services ,
- Human rights system ,
- Indigenous issues in policing and justice ,
- Indigenous rights and self-governance ,
- Missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, Two-Spirit, and LGBTQ2SIA+ people ,
- Policing and the criminal justice system ,
- Poverty ,
- Poverty and economic inequality ,
- Racism ,
- Representation and leadership ,
- Sexism
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Recommendation 7:
Those whose conduct is being investigated by the inquiry should have an extremely limited role in influencing the development of the terms of reference.
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Recommendation 4:
This could also be achieved by incorporating children’s rights into school curriculums … A holistic, rights-based education would not only preserve the best interests of the child through the expression of their views but could also enable children to further realise their rights in other areas
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