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Minutes of Proceedings

Subcommittee on International Human Rights of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development (SDIR)
42nd Parliament, 1st Session
Meeting No. 12
Tuesday, May 31, 2016, 1:06 p.m. to 2:03 p.m.
Presiding
Michael Levitt, Chair (Liberal)

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• Randeep Sarai for Marwan Tabbara (Liberal)
Library of Parliament
• Karine Azoulay, Analyst
Briefing on the Human Rights Situation in Honduras
As an individual
• Gustavo Castro Soto, Coordinator, Otros Mundos - Friends of the Earth Mexico
• James Cavallaro, Professor of Law, Stanford Law School
• Bertha Zuniga Caceres, Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras
Pursuant to the motion adopted by the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development on February 4, 2016, and the motion adopted by the Subcommittee on Tuesday, April 19, 2016, the Subcommittee proceeded to a briefing on the human rights situation in Honduras.

Bertha Zuniga Caceres, by teleconference from La Esperanza, Honduras, Gustavo Castro Soto, by videoconference from Mexico City, Mexico, and James Cavallaro made statements and answered questions.

At 2:03 p.m., the Subcommittee adjourned to the call of the Chair.



Angela Crandall
Clerk of the Subcommittee