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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. 57
Tuesday, May 2, 2017, 1:00 p.m. to 1:54 p.m.
Presiding
Michael Levitt, Chair (Liberal)

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• Matt DeCourcey (Liberal)
House of Commons
• William Stephenson, Procedural Clerk
 
Library of Parliament
• Karine Azoulay, Analyst
Human Rights Situation in the Dadaab Refugee Camp in Kenya
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
• Jean-Nicolas Beuze, Representative in Canada
• Michael Casasola, Senior Resettlement Officer
As an individual
• Abdirahman Haiye, Student, Dalhousie University
• Ahmed Mohamed, Student, University of Toronto, Scarborough Campus
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, March 23, 2017, the Subcommittee commenced its study of the human rights situation in the Dadaab Refugee Camp in Kenya.

Jean-Nicolas Beuze, Abdirahman Haiye, by videoconference from Halifax, Nova Scotia, and Ahmed Mohamed, by videoconference from Toronto, Ontario, made statements and answered questions.

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

It was agreed, — That a budget proposal for travel to Geneva, Switzerland in the fall of 2017 be submitted to the Liaison Committee by the Thursday, May 4, 2017, deadline.

At 1:54 p.m., the Subcommittee adjourned to the call of the Chair.



Angela Crandall
Clerk of the Subcommittee