Mr. Speaker, human rights violations continue to plague the modern world.
Media reports of atrocities in Bosnia, Punjab, the Sudan, South Africa and elsewhere should shock every citizen around the world.
It is too simple to dismiss these atrocities because they take place so far away, but these horrific events do touch Canadians.
A crime committed against an individual is a crime against all of humanity.
For this reason I would like to voice my support of the recent appointment of a High Commissioner for Human Rights to the United Nations.
It is up to those of us who thrive on freedom to protest human rights violations wherever they occur.