Good afternoon, everyone. We'll get started here at the Subcommittee on International Human Rights.
We are very honoured to welcome Naomi Kikoler, deputy director of the Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide. She works with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. In her role with the centre, Ms. Kikoler works with populations at risk of genocide and has travelled to Iraq to meet with religious minorities. She's also a senior fellow at the Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect and an adjunct professor at The New School in New York City. Previously she served as the director of policy for the Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect, consultant to United Nations Officer of the Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, and legal fellow at Amnesty International Canada. She is also the author of numerous publications, including “Our Generation Is Gone”: The Islamic State’s Targeting of Iraqi Minorities in Ninewa, a report published by the centre in 2015 detailing her fact-finding mission to minority communities in northern Iraq.
With that rather long introduction, I want to welcome you again. Thank you for being here. Can we have you lead off with maybe 10 to 12 minutes' worth of comments? We'll then open it up to members of the subcommittee for questions and answers. Thank you very much.