Author ORCID Identifier
Karen Drake: 0000-0003-1804-5357
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-2024
Abstract
This resource is intended to provide a guide to Indigenous justice initiatives across what is now known as Canada, based on publicly available information. The guide includes information on independent Indigenous courts that operate under the authority of an Indigenous people and separately from the Canadian legal system, Indigenous Persons Courts that operate within the Canadian legal system yet apply or uphold Indigenous laws, and restorative justice initiatives available to Indigenous peoples. This resource also includes academic literature on Indigenous laws, Indigenous justice models and practices, evaluations of existing Indigenous justice initiatives, and international comparative works. The focus is on initiatives that respond to harms (what is addressed by criminal law in the Canadian context) and that apply, uphold, or instantiate Indigenous law.
Repository Citation
Romero, Kito; Heravi, Dara; Drake, Karen; and Mullings-Smith, Yanika, "Indigenous Justice Initiatives: A Summary Current to 2024" (2024). Commissioned Reports, Studies and Public Policy Documents. Paper 255.
https://digitalcommons.osgoode.yorku.ca/reports/255
Comments
"This project was supported with funds from York University's Catalyzing Interdisciplinary Research Clusters initiative."
"To provide feedback, recommendations, or suggestions for further development of this resource, please contact Karen Drake at kdrake@osgoode.yorku.ca."