Tribunal into missing Indigenous children and unmarked graves to hold sessions in Montreal – CBC

May 21, 2026

Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal to examine evidence of residential school human rights violations

An international tribunal investigating missing children and unmarked graves associated with Canada’s residential school system will hold a session in Montreal next week.

In a news release, the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal said it will examine evidence of Canada’s responsibility for the residential schools system and the human rights violations associated with it including “forced and coercive sterilizations, the disappearances and unmarked burials of Indigenous children, and intergenerational trauma linked to the loss of language, culture, and identity.”

Na’kuset, executive director of the Native Women’s Shelter of Montreal, who is Cree from Lac la Ronge in Saskatchewan, said she began the work to invite the tribunal in 2023.