Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I'll give an example. Our latest statistics say that in Honduras, there are 18 rapes per day. We know that in terms of sexual abuse of children, there are 12 children per day that are being killed in that country. I would say that the situation is deteriorating.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Obviously, because I do the work, I would argue for engagement. I don't know what other route there is for it other than creating functional justice systems. I think to do that you have to operate on different levels. You need to operate on our level, which means that we're act

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I'm trying to think of what we should avoid.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  One of the complexities in my experience in the region.... Obviously the big issue that always comes up is mining, the mining companies, and the very deep complexity of what's going on in the mining companies. From my experience, Canada does not have a good reputation because o

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  There are two things. One is, yes, I am. If you had asked me two years ago, I wouldn't be quite so positive. I would be wondering. I'll use the experience we have in Guatemala as an example. From my experience in this work, you don't just add a piece and all of sudden it impr

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  No. I haven't worked with them.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Do you mean in terms of their cases?

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Well, one of the things you have to realize is that they're not the only ones, right? There are journalists, a lot of journalists, being killed.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Yes.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  You know, we haven't analyzed that. We haven't tried to figure it out. Who are these lawyers? What are their connections? What are they involved in? Are they involved in activities that are related to human rights and that are causing a reaction? Or are they involved in activitie

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I guess it depends what happens. There are two dynamics that play out from our perspective. One is the internal politics of the country. There are a lot of issues going on around the different forces in the country and what their wishes are. Our experience working with the attorn

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I don't know a single person in Guatemala who hasn't been assaulted. I know people who have been sitting on the seat and have had the person beside them killed when the gangs got on. The gangs are not extorting from the rich. They're extorting from the poor.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  There is the view of some that he hasn't done all that he could have done, and that obviously there is an alignment there politically, which is not helping things. I know the commission is concerned about the corruption within the prosecution services. I don't think it's nearly a

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  The experience in Honduras when I started this work was that, as I said, the percentage of convictions of people who were not found committing was 0%. That meant that every time they had to investigate, they weren't getting anybody convicted. You ask, why is that? Is there no wil

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Last year, as part of the International Society for the Reform of Criminal Law, we brought the three attorneys general to Ottawa as part of their conference. We had the three from Guatemala, El Salvador, and.... One of the discussion issues was that issue. Of course, Guatemala