Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
I too would like to welcome our witness today, who I regard, really, as the personification herself of moral courage, exactly the project that she heads at NYU.
You mentioned the three major factors that have changed in let's say the last six years. I think the most important one is probably the first, because it then leads to the others, and that is the weak leadership. Regrettably, we no longer have someone in the person of President Gus Dur.
I think I mentioned to you that when I hosted the Indonesian Minister of Justice here in Canada he made two important statements. The first one was that it is a priority for Indonesia to combat terrorism and extremism in order to demonstrate that Islam and terrorism are incompatible. The second was that it is a priority for Indonesia to promote and protect democracy to show that Islam and democracy are compatible. I regret that nobody here in the media covered that press conference. I did not know then—and it wasn't then relevant—how to tweet, or now. Maybe we could have gotten the message out, as you put it, in social media.
This brings me to the specific question of how we can help to promote and protect human rights in Indonesia, particularly religious belief and freedom of expression. You mentioned putting pressure on the leadership about having a UN rapporteur. Are there any particular initiatives that we as a Parliament or as a committee could take, or that we could recommend to our government to take, that might help further the promotion and protection of human rights in Indonesia? Are there aspects, let's say, of Indonesian politics and culture that we may need to bear in mind while we do this?