I think it's important, in terms of legitimizing the international mechanisms, that Canada puts itself forward to be examined and that in this process where the examination takes place and recommendations are made Canada take action on those recommendations to improve human rights in the country.
As Amnesty International, we don't take a political side. We always approach it, as does Human Rights Watch, from the human rights perspective. And we examine all countries. As you may be aware, Amnesty actually submitted comments with regard to the periodic review of Canada, raising our concerns and making recommendations as to how those issues could be addressed.
From the perspective of a country like Iran, they are quick, for whatever reasons, legitimate or not, to point out the inconsistencies, at times, in the international mechanisms to review and to evaluate and to judge countries. This is one of the problems, and I agree with Mr. Stork that the international mechanisms need to be depoliticized. The whole point of creating the Human Rights Council was to get away from the problems of the former committee because it was too political. Unfortunately, at least up till now, it appears that the council's following a similar path. It is up to the international community, all countries, to really push each other to step back from the politics, otherwise human rights won't be addressed.