Order, please. Welcome to the 46th meeting of the Subcommittee on International Human Rights of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development. Today is February 17, 2011.
We are televised, so I'll just encourage all members to remember that, and among other things to keep any side conversations to a minimum for audio reasons.
Today we have, pursuant to our ongoing discussion and study of the treatment of sexual minorities in Uganda, Professor LaViolette from the University of Ottawa faculty of law. We've been looking forward to hearing from her.
Professor LaViolette, I encourage you to begin your comments. Normally we take about 10 minutes for witness comments, and we then go to questions from the panel members. The length of your comments dictates how much time we can give to each person, but we leave that to your discretion. I invite you to begin, please.