Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), we are studying the situation at Rights and Democracy, the International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development.
I want to start by thanking our witnesses for being here today.
Madame Trépanier, you're going to go first and then I believe Mr. Akhavan will go afterwards.
Could you try to keep your comments to ten minutes, or around that? I'm not going to cut you off at ten minutes, but if you could do your best, then we will do the same for Mr. Akhavan. Then we will go around the room with a seven-minute question round and a five-minute round.
We'll do the best we can. We got started a little late, so we'll try to go to 12 o'clock, or maybe 12:05, and then we'll have our second panel.
Once again, welcome. Thank you for being here. The floor is yours, and I will give you ten minutes to give your opening statement.