Subcommittee on International Human Rights Committee on May 16th, 2017

Evidence of meeting #61 for Subcommittee on International Human Rights in the 42nd Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was maduro.

A video is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

Human Rights Situation in South Sudan
Briefing on the Human Rights Situation in Venezuela
Committee Business

MPs speaking

Michael Levitt
David Sweet
Peter Fragiskatos
Cheryl Hardcastle
Marwan Tabbara
Kelly Block

Also speaking

Lilian Tintori  As an Individual
Antonieta de López  As an Individual
Irwin Cotler  Founding Chair, Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights
Jared Genser  Legal Counsel, As an Individual

2:05 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Michael Levitt

I want to thank all of you for being here today, especially Ms. López and Ms. Tintori.

With your testimony, we've been seized with this issue. All members of this subcommittee have been seized with the issue of the human rights abuses happening in Venezuela, the repression of democracy, and the plight of political prisoners, especially Leopoldo López, your husband.

I also want to acknowledge the presence here today of so many from the local Venezuelan community who have continually advocated for your husband, for political prisoners, and for human rights in Venezuela.

We are going to continue on this path. Know that we are going to have our voices behind you as well.

Thank you very much.

I now adjourn this meeting.