A/HRC/54/31/Add.2 (a) Take measures to ensure full access to information and support Indigenous data sovereignty for survivors and families of missing children who attended residential schools; the Catholic Church, health-care facilities and any other institutions holding relevant records are encouraged to disclose death certificates and other forms of documentation; (b) Pass legislation and take other measures necessary to preserve residential school records set for destruction in 2027 by Supreme Court order; (c) Fully support Indigenous Peoples’ calls for survivor-centred, Indigenousled investigations into residential school burial sites, including those located on private lands, to mitigate against further harm in accordance with Truth and Reconciliation Commission Call to Action 76, and respect Indigenous Peoples’ laws and protocols related to grieving, death and burial practices in any investigation of residential school burial sites; (d) Counter denialism and misinformation about residential schools with ongoing public education and awareness-raising campaigns; (e) Fully resolve all residential school claims, including for all church-run institutions and residential schools established by provinces, as well as the claims of Métis survivors and their families, reopen the claims process for those excluded from the initial settlements, and fund culturally relevant supports to address intergenerational trauma that include support to Indigenous-led health initiatives and from health-care professionals specialized and trained in the needs of Indigenous Peoples, giving priority to qualified Indigenous professionals; (f) Pass legislation to protect Indigenous Peoples’ human remains, funerary objects, sacred objects and objects of cultural patrimony found on federal, provincial, territorial, municipal, church or private lands. Child welfare system 91. Canada should: (a) Adopt holistic legal and administrative reforms to address the root causes of Indigenous children’s overrepresentation in the child welfare system, including racial discrimination, poverty, inadequate housing and the lack of culturally appropriate interpretations of the best interests of the Indigenous child; (b) Implement the recommendations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child to ensure that Indigenous children in care are able to preserve their identity, by adopting legislative and administrative measures to protect their rights to identity, name, culture and language, and culturally appropriate education. 59 Missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls 92. Canada should: (a) Develop a joint action plan to advance implementation of the National Inquiry’s 231 calls to justice, along with a comprehensive and coordinated national violence prevention strategy for Indigenous women and girls, and hold an inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous boys and men; (b) Implement the recommendation of Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination to establish an independent review mechanism for unsolved cases of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls where there is evidence of bias or error in the investigation,60 including through the creation and funding of a national investigative taskforce to review or reopen unresolved investigations; 59 60 18 CRC/C/CAN/CO/3-4, para. 43. CERD/C/CAN/CO/21-23, para. 24. GE.23-13374