With regard to the child soldier situation and rehabilitation, when I was there, the African Union Mission commissioned research, and I'll try and dig that up for you. They spoke to the kids who came back and tried to come up with some recommendations and communication strategies. They spoke to the kids who were there at the Baidoa centre. I'll try to communicate that back to the clerk.
In terms of immunity, I think transitional justice and reconciliation are really where efforts need to put. As a Canadian Somalian, I think there is a role that Canada can play in that sense, starting with that mapping research that was just mentioned.
Also, in terms of people who have dual citizenship there and might be implicated in some of the atrocities themselves, I know that people are talking about how to engage. The centre for justice in the U.S. has been approached by a couple of people I know from the U.K. and whatnot, who are trying to say that these leaders who are there now could be implicated in what is happening. Is there a recourse whereby we can maybe hold them accountable through their dual citizenship? It's a slippery slope, but I think there needs to be some international pressure on some of these leaders, because as things go bad, they can just leave with their European and North American passports, but they might have taken part in some human rights abuses.
I think peace-building, conflict resolution, and transitional justice is where it's at now, because 20-some years of trying to do military intervention hasn't really led to any stable governance structures. Maybe this is the time to create those dialogues.
Somalia's constitution calls for a human rights commission, a truth and reconciliation commission. Since 2012, the government was supposed to have established that commission in its first 100 days. They have not moved on it. They're still trying to debate the draft constitution. There is a role that Canada can play in providing support for those processes.
Thank you.