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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 159
Thursday, June 13, 2019, 12:05 p.m. to 1:58 p.m.
Televised
Presiding
Anita Vandenbeld, Chair (Liberal)

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• Pierre Breton for Peter Fragiskatos (Liberal)
Library of Parliament
• Karine Azoulay, Analyst
• Eleni Kachulis, Analyst
• Brendan Naef, Analyst
Briefing on the Human Rights Situation in Syria
Union of Medical Relief Organizations-Canada
• Anas Al-Kassem, Board Member
Middle East Concern
• Miles Windsor, Advocacy and Development Manager
Pursuant to the motion adopted by the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development on Thursday, February 4, 2016, the Subcommittee resumed a briefing on the human rights situation in Syria.

Anas Al-Kassem, by videoconference from Simcoe, Ontario, and Miles Windsor, by videoconference from Surrey, England, made statements and answered questions.

At 12:33 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 115(5), it was agreed that the Subcommittee continue to sit.

At 12:48 p.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 1:19 p.m., the sitting resumed.

Briefing on the Human Rights Situation in Cameroon
Amnesty International
• Tity Agbahey, Campaigner for Central Africa
As an individual
• Scott Morgan
Pursuant to the motion adopted by the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development on Thursday, February 4, 2016, the Subcommittee resumed a briefing on the human rights situation in Cameroon.

Scott Morgan, by videoconference from Washington, D.C., and Tity Agbahey, by videoconference from Dakar, Senegal, made statements and answered questions.

At 1:58 p.m., the Subcommittee adjourned to the call of the Chair.



Aimée Belmore
Clerk of the Subcommittee