Recommendations to end criminalization of Indigenous women in the DTES

Recommendation 135: Implement the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action on Justice for Indigenous Peoples.

Recommendations to end criminalization of Indigenous women in the DTES

Policing

Recommendation 147: Implement existing recommendations by Human Rights Watch in Those Who Take Us Away: Abusive Policing and Failures in Protection of Indigenous Women and Girls in Northern British Columbia, Canada.

Recommendations to end criminalization of Indigenous women in the DTES

Legal and judicial reform

Recommendation 157: Legislation should require Gladue factors to be used as mitigating factors only, unless the victim is an Indigenous woman in which case her wishes should take precedence over an offender.

Recommendations to end criminalization of Indigenous women in the DTES

Access to justice

Recommendation 165: The Federation of Law Societies of Canada, law schools in Canada, and the Canadian Judicial Council must provide mandatory training to all law students, lawyers, and judges on the legacy of residential schools, Canada’s obligations under the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Indigenous legal traditions, Gladue principles, and the systemic failure of colonial legal systems to uphold justice for Indigenous people.

Recommendations to end criminalization of Indigenous women in the DTES

Access to justice

Recommendation 166: Implement existing recommendations of the Aboriginal Justice Implementation Commission.

Recommendations to end criminalization of Indigenous women in the DTES

Access to justice

Recommendation 167: Implement existing recommendations in Justice Reform for British Columbia by Community Legal Assistance Society, Pivot Legal Society, West Coast LEAF, and B.C. Civil Liberties Association.

Recommendations to end criminalization of Indigenous women in the DTES

Correctional facilities

Recommendation 170: Increased resources, capacity, and funding for section 84 agreements so that Indigenous nations are compensated and can provide full support for Indigenous women seeking section 84 releases. Indigenous communities and organizations should exercise control and self-determination in the development and implementation of reintegration plans.

Recommendations to end criminalization of Indigenous women in the DTES

Correctional facilities

Recommendation 179: Implement existing recommendations in the Report of the Standing Committee on the Status of Women, A Call to Action: Reconciliation with Indigenous Women in the Federal Justice and Correctional Systems.

Recommendations for Indigenous women’s wellness in the DTES

Recommendation 180: All levels of government must acknowledge that the current state of Indigenous women’s health is a direct result of colonialism and government policies.

Recommendations for Indigenous women’s wellness in the DTES

Culturally safe healthcare

Recommendation 185: End the coerced sterilization of Indigenous women, and hold health professionals criminally responsible for acts of coerced sterilization.