Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to the witnesses.
I want to use my time today to touch on the topic of accountability and the role that Canada often plays in the investigation and enforcement of international criminal law. The situation we're in is that we know of the occurrence of a number of war crimes in connection with children and with others on the ground. There are ICC warrants. I'm a bit of a hawk on sovereignty and the principles of complementarity in jurisdiction, but let's assume for a moment that Russia does not prosecute its own crimes, and it becomes necessary for the international community to step in.
Way back when, I was at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia. One thing I really learned there was that the quality of the evidence makes an enormous difference, not just for the investigation and enforcement of international criminal law but also for the ability of people to get on with their lives and have their story told and be seen. Canada has often played a really important role.
That's a long-winded introduction, but in the context of the convening role that Canada is playing with Norway in the context of the missing, kidnapped Ukrainian children, what are we doing? Are we doing anything in the investigation space that will help preserve the kind of evidence that's needed? Of course, these things happen several years onward.