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Welcome, colleagues, to meeting number 19 of the Subcommittee on International Human Rights.
Today we meet to hear from witnesses for briefings on the situations in Turkey and northern Syria, followed by Colombia.
To ensure an orderly meeting, I would encourage all participants to mute their microphones when they're not speaking and to address all comments through the chair. When you have 30 seconds left in your questioning time, I'll signal you with this paper.
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I would like to welcome our witnesses for the first panel on Turkey and northern Syria.
We have with us Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, special rapporteur, special procedures branch, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights at the United Nations; Lindsay Gladding, director for fragile and humanitarian programs at World Vision Canada; Farida Deif, Canada director at Human Rights Watch; Taryn Russell, head of policy and advocacy, and Amilcar Kraudie, humanitarian adviser, from Save the Children Canada; and Justin Mohammed, human rights law and policy campaigner at Amnesty International Canada.
We'll begin with opening statements.
I invite Professor Ní Aoláin to give your opening statement, for up to five minutes.