I am just learning that Mr. Aw-Osman, executive director of Canadian Friends of Somalia, has had a situation on the way here, so he is unlikely to be here to provide testimony. We will ask him to possibly send us a written briefing.
Finally, we have Laetitia Bader, senior researcher in the African division of Human Rights Watch, focusing primarily on Somalia. She has investigated human rights abuses related to conflict, focusing in particular on abuses against children, internally displaced persons, and political detainees.
Thank you, all, for making yourselves available to the subcommittee. I am going to invite you to make your opening remarks. We'll begin with Ms. Bader, just because of the precariousness, on occasion, of the video connection. We have you now, so we'll take advantage of that, and then we'll proceed to Ms. Abdulkadir.
You can begin, Ms. Bader. Thank you very much.