UN experts urge Canada and Vatican to hold swift mass graves investigation

Nine experts call for full-fledged investigations' after discovery of remains of 215 Indigenous children at former residential school

UN human rights experts have urged the Canadian government and the Vatican to hold swift and thorough investigations into the discovery of unmarked graves at a former residential school in British Columbia.

The unmarked graves of up to 215 Indigenous children were discovered at the Kamloops Indian Residential Schools last week, using ground-penetrating radar.