Alt text: Light purple background with darker purple on the top three quarters a picture fades in the background and a quilted start overlays the middle representing artistic expressions submitted. Attorneys and Law Societies 10.1 10.1 WE CALL UPON THE FEDERAL, PROVINCIAL, AND TERRITORIAL GOVERNMENTS, AND CANADIAN LAW SOCIETIES AND BAR ASSOCIATIONS, FOR MANDATORY INTENSIVE AND PERIODIC TRAINING OF CROWN ATTORNEYS, DEFENCE LAWYERS, COURT STAFF, AND ALL WHO PARTICIPATE IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, IN THE AREA OF INDIGENOUS CULTURES AND HISTORIES, INCLUDING DISTINCTIONS-BASED TRAINING. THIS INCLUDES, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO, THE FOLLOWING MEASURES:
Alt text: Light purple background with darker purple on the top three quarters a picture fades in the background and a quilted start overlays the middle representing artistic expressions submitted. Attorneys and Law Societies 10.1 I. ALL COURTROOM OFFICERS, STAFF, JUDICIARY, AND EMPLOYEES IN THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM MUST TAKE CULTURAL COMPETENCY TRAINING THAT IS DESIGNED AND LED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCAL INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES. II. LAW SOCIETIES WORKING WITH INDIGENOUS WOMEN, GIRLS, AND 2SLGBTQQIA PEOPLE MUST ESTABLISH AND ENFORCE CULTURAL COMPETENCY STANDARDS. III. ALL COURTS MUST HAVE A STAFF POSITION FOR AN INDIGENOUS COURTROOM LIAISON WORKER THAT IS ADEQUATELY FUNDED AND RESOURCED TO ENSURE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE IN THE COURT SYSTEM KNOW THEIR RIGHTS AND ARE CONNECTED TO APPROPRIATE SERVICES.
231 Calls for Justice from the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
Attorneys and Law Societies 10.1
The full report and resources can be found here:
www.mmiwg-ffada.ca
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