Evidence of meeting #30 for Foreign Affairs and International Development in the 43rd Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was turkish.

A video is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

MPs speaking

Also speaking

Michael Byers  Professor, Department of Political Science, University of British Columbia, As an Individual
Christopher Waters  Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Windsor, As an Individual
Peggy Mason  Former Ambassador and President, Rideau Institute on International Affairs
Daniel Turp  Associate Professor, Université de Montréal, As an Individual
Cesar Jaramillo  Executive Director, Project Ploughshares
Kelsey Gallagher  Researcher, Project Ploughshares
Allison Pytlak  Disarmament Programme Manager, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom

5:35 p.m.

Disarmament Programme Manager, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom

Allison Pytlak

No, I don't share their analysis. I think that there is a lot of very credible evidence that has highlighted gender-based violence pervasive in many of the contacts where Turkey is involved militarily. I think that their further aggression in those areas will only exacerbate and increase gender-based violence.

Experts agree that protracted conflict only makes gender-based violence worse, deeper and more protracted. That's why I think it would have been hard for them to not come across this information had they done a very thorough GBV risk assessment. I wanted to speak to that today to offer where they can do better in future GBV risk assessments.

5:35 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Sven Spengemann

Thank you, Ms. Pytlak.

Thank you, Mr. Harris.

Fellow members, on behalf of all of us, I want to thank our witnesses on the second panel for being here, for their expertise and for the service that they provided.

Colleagues, with that we thank our witnesses. We're a little bit past the end of scheduled time.

We stand adjourned until our next session.