Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to the 111th meeting of the Subcommittee on International Human Rights.
We gather today as we continue our study on the human rights situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo. We have two esteemed guests with us today. We have General the Honourable Roméo Dallaire and also, from Journalists for Human Rights, we have Rachel Pulfer, executive director.
General Dallaire served in the Canadian Forces between 1963 and 2000. From 1993 to 1994, he was appointed force commander for the United Nations assistance mission for Rwanda. He was also appointed to the Senate of Canada in 2005, where he served until 2015, and he's been an outspoken advocate regarding the responsibility to protect doctrine, genocide prevention, as well as post-traumatic stress disorder and veterans affairs.
Ms. Pulfer, we can have you lead off for 10 minutes, and then, General Dallaire, we can have you go after that. Then we'll open up the floor to questions from the members.
With that, Ms. Pulfer, if you're ready to begin, please proceed.