The Chair (Ms. Anita Vandenbeld (Ottawa West—Nepean, Lib.)) at the Subcommittee on International Human Rights

I call the meeting to order.

Thank you very much for being here today.

I want to thank our three witnesses. We have two who are here in person and one by video conference.

By video conference, we have Abid Shamdeen, who is co-executive director and co-founder of Nadia's Initiative. That is an organization dedicated to advocating for victims of sexual violence and rebuilding communities in crisis.

We also have with us Susan Korah, who is a representative of A Demand for Action, a global initiative that advocates for protection of Assyrian-Chaldean-Syriac Christians and other minorities in the Middle East.

Also here in person we have Matthew Travis-Barber, the executive director of Yazda, a multinational Yazidi organization that was established to support Yazidis and other vulnerable groups.