Good afternoon, everybody, and thank you for joining us at the Subcommittee on International Human Rights.
We have two sessions, pioneered by Cheryl Hardcastle from the NDP, which are going to be an update on the human rights situation in Honduras.
We have three witnesses today.
We have Bertha Zuniga Caceres. She is, of course, the daughter of slain indigenous rights leader Berta Zúñiga Cáceres and a member of the Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras.
We have Gustavo Castro Soto, who is a human rights activist and coordinator of Friends of the Earth Mexico and Otros Mundos, based in Chiapas, Mexico. Mr. Castro Soto was present at the scene of the assassination of Berta Cáceres on March 3, 2016, and he himself suffered a gunshot wound during that attack.
The final witness will be James Cavallaro. James is the president of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights since January 2016, and he served as the commissioner on the IACHR since 2014.
I'm going to be very brief. We're going to have Bertha go first, followed by Gustavo, and then James. We are going to abbreviate. We're going to have probably lengthier testimony this afternoon, followed by a slightly abbreviated question period, because we think it's so important that we hear directly from the three of you. We're honoured to have you present to us today.
Bertha, are you on the line? Bertha?