Good morning, everyone.
This is meeting number 41 of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development, on Tuesday, February 20. This morning we continue on our study of democratic development.
We have with us today Ms. Kathleen Mahoney, professor with the Faculty of Law at the University of Calgary. Ms. Mahoney was before our committee last, I think, in 1999. I'll say that even at that time her credentials were very impressive, and I think they're even more impressive when you look at the work she's done recently. She has been a law professor for almost 30 years. By now she has taught on human rights extensively in many parts of the world, from the University of Chicago to the University of Adelaide in Australia.
Her experience in human rights more or less covers the spectrum. She has published in many journals in Canada and throughout the world. She has organized conferences on various issues. Most of her advocacy work is pro bono. She was a member of the legal team representing Bosnia in its case in the World Court against Serbia prior to the international criminal tribunal being struck. She is a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.
We certainly do appreciate your being with our committee this morning. As I said to you earlier, we're getting closer to the end of our study on democratic development. We will be coming forward with a report that will be tabled in the House of Commons and to which we will expect the government to respond. We'll take all this information, and it will become part of the fairly comprehensive study and report that we're doing.
Welcome here this morning. We look forward to your opening comments. We will then go into the first round of questioning.
There may be some questions in French. I'm not certain if you're bilingual.
Welcome, Ms. Mahoney.