RIDR - Standing Committee

Human Rights

Past Session: Past Session:
42-1 42nd Parliament, 1st Session (December 3, 2015 - September 11, 2019)
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Meeting Detail
Videoconference
Televised live on PTN
Monday, October 2, 2017
4:02 p.m. ET
Location: Room 9, Victoria Building
Clerk: Mark Palmer (613) 993-9035
Examination of Canada's international and national human rights obligations
Topic: The Human Rights Situation of the Rohingya
Witnesses
  • Jean-Nicolas Beuze, Representative in Canada (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees)
  • Donald Bobiash, Assistant Deputy Minister, Asia Pacific (Global Affairs Canada)
  • Ian Burchett, Director General, Southeast Asia (Global Affairs Canada)
  • Zaw Wai Kyaw, Founding President and Coordinator (Canadian Burma Ethnic Nationalities Organization)
  • François Lafrenière, Director, Myanmar and Philippines Development (Global Affairs Canada)
  • Pri Lwan, Secretary (Canadian Burma Ethnic Nationalities Organization)
  • Robert McDougall, Executive Director, South Asia (Global Affairs Canada)
  • Stephen Salewicz, Director General, International Humanitarian Assistance (Global Affairs Canada)
  • Matthew Smith, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer (Fortify Rights)
Meeting with interpretation and transcription