A National or International Crime? Canada's Indian Residential Schools and the Genocide Convention
This essay addresses the relationship linking Canada's Indian Residential School saga with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the United Nations' Genocide Convention. It sets the Canadian experience in a broader context, investigating the treatment of marginalized peoples in natio...
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crunivtoronpr:10.3138/gsi.12.1.05 2024-04-28T08:19:09+00:00 A National or International Crime? Canada's Indian Residential Schools and the Genocide Convention Hall, Anthony J. 2018 http://dx.doi.org/10.3138/gsi.12.1.05 https://utpjournals.press/doi/pdf/10.3138/gsi.12.1.05 en eng University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) Genocide Studies International volume 12, issue 1, page 72-91 ISSN 2291-1847 2291-1855 Law Political Science and International Relations Sociology and Political Science journal-article 2018 crunivtoronpr https://doi.org/10.3138/gsi.12.1.05 2024-04-09T08:22:51Z This essay addresses the relationship linking Canada's Indian Residential School saga with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the United Nations' Genocide Convention. It sets the Canadian experience in a broader context, investigating the treatment of marginalized peoples in national and international environments dominated by the unwritten conventions of victors' justice. From the era of the Nuremberg and Tokyo tribunals, the full weight of international law falls disproportionately on the losing side of major conflicts. Those who commit crimes against humanity on the side of triumphant power are usually put behind shields of impunity, and this propensity sets the framework for the contained domestic handling of the international crime of genocide in Canada. This justiciable genocide took place historically through the forced removal of Aboriginal children from their biological families with clear intent to terminate First Nations as distinct peoples. The Indian Residential Schools were one part of a larger complex of enforced laws and policies including the effort to enfranchise schooled Indian adults as regular Canadian citizens bereft of Aboriginal and treaty rights. Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations University of Toronto Press (U Toronto Press) Genocide Studies International 12 1 72 91 |
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This essay addresses the relationship linking Canada's Indian Residential School saga with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the United Nations' Genocide Convention. It sets the Canadian experience in a broader context, investigating the treatment of marginalized peoples in national and international environments dominated by the unwritten conventions of victors' justice. From the era of the Nuremberg and Tokyo tribunals, the full weight of international law falls disproportionately on the losing side of major conflicts. Those who commit crimes against humanity on the side of triumphant power are usually put behind shields of impunity, and this propensity sets the framework for the contained domestic handling of the international crime of genocide in Canada. This justiciable genocide took place historically through the forced removal of Aboriginal children from their biological families with clear intent to terminate First Nations as distinct peoples. The Indian Residential Schools were one part of a larger complex of enforced laws and policies including the effort to enfranchise schooled Indian adults as regular Canadian citizens bereft of Aboriginal and treaty rights. |
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A National or International Crime? Canada's Indian Residential Schools and the Genocide Convention |
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