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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. 31
Tuesday, November 15, 2016, 1:10 p.m. to 1:56 p.m.
Presiding
Michael Levitt, Chair (Liberal)

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• Karine Azoulay, Analyst
• Maxime Charron-Tousignant, Analyst
Yezidis, Christians and Other Religious and Ethnic Minorities in Syria and Iraq
As an individual
• David Romano, Thomas G. Strong Professor of Middle East Politics, Missouri State University
Pursuant to the motion adopted by the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development on Thursday, February 4, 2016, and the motion adopted by the Subcommittee on Thursday, June 16, 2016, the Subcommittee resumed its study of Yezidis, Christians and Other Religious and Ethnic Minorities in Syria and Iraq.

David Romano, by teleconference from Erbil, Iraq, made a statement and answered questions.

At 1:52 p.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 1:53 p.m., the sitting resumed.

Committee Business
The Subcommittee proceeded to the consideration of matters related to Subcommittee business.

It was agreed, — That, in relation to the study of Canada's Global Engagement on Human Rights Issues, particularly by exchanging with the human rights committees in the U.S. Congress, the proposed budget in the amount of $ 34,644.94, for the Subcommittee’s travel to Washington, D.C., United States in Winter-Spring 2017, be adopted.

At 1:56 p.m., the Subcommittee adjourned to the call of the Chair.



Angela Crandall
Clerk of the Subcommittee