Thank you very much, Ms. Bazilli.
Our next witness today is a mentor and a bit of an inspiration to me as well. He former member of Parliament, minister of justice, and attorney general Irwin Cotler. He was a member of this subcommittee for over a decade.
Irwin is also a renowned international human rights lawyer, having served as counsel to political prisoners, including Nelson Mandela and Natan Sharansky. He founded and currently chairs the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights and is focused particularly on the rights of political prisoners around the world.
I'm really pleased to welcome, for the first time since this committee reformed last year, the Honourable Irwin Cotler.