Thank you, Chair, and thank you very much, Ms. Prost, for testifying in front of us today. It was a very interesting presentation.
I have a question that builds on Mr. Allison's question, about sanctions that would tend towards a human rights perspective.
Obviously with the legislation that we have in place now, specifically with respect to SEMA, there is a focus on international crises, a focus on violations of international peace and security. You spoke about and underlined the fact that even now, the way the legislation is phrased is quite vague. There has been an emerging current of thought, especially in the United States, that says that human rights ought to also be factored into sanctions legislation.
I wonder, though, if we go down this road, how one would phrase the wording in legislation so that it's not vague, so that it's quite specific. I wonder if we're trapped right from the outset, because human rights language is bound to be vague unless you specify it so that you're capturing quite systemic violations of human rights, the highest crimes—for example, genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity. However, if you were so specific, those crimes would already be considered—by most, at least—to constitute violations of international peace and security, so I wonder if it even makes sense to go down that road, if you understand where I'm coming from.
I would ask you to speak to the danger of being vague in legislation if we're going to focus on human rights, and then also on the efficacy of going forward with sanctions legislation that would make human rights its primary target. I'm quite interested in those two issues.