Independent Special Interlocutor for Missing Children and Unmarked Graves and Burial Sites associated with Indian Residential Schools, Kimberly Murray, speaks about an Indigenous-led reparations framework during a national gathering in Gatineau, Que., on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024.Photo by Spencer Colby/The Canadian Press

Report calls for 20-year federal probe into missing residential school children

Among the report's 42 'obligations' is that Canada refer the disappearance of Indigenous children from residential schools as a crime against humanity to the ICC

· National Post

OTTAWA — A final report into missing children and possible unmarked graves at residential schools is calling on the federal government to create an Indigenous-led national commission with a 20-year mandate to investigate missing and disappeared Indigenous children.

It’s also calling on Canada to refer itself to the International Criminal Court for investigation.

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