Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Thank you both for coming here today and sharing your expertise and experiences with this committee.
I was struck, Mr. Neve, to hear you talk about the five years of repeated communications with a variety of defence ministers. You talked about how many times you made representation as Amnesty International to these different ministers. You didn't really say what response you got back. I'm assuming it wasn't a response that satisfied you in any way; otherwise you wouldn't have felt the need to keep communicating for five years. I think Amnesty plays a very important role, not only here in Canada but internationally. I just wanted to say that.
It seems to me, after listening to Dr. Byers and you, it would be quite a simple thing to change this agreement. So I don't really understand the reluctance to do that.
I want to ask you, Professor Byers, why you think the government hasn't taken the steps you've indicated should be taken to rectify the deficiencies in this agreement and make sure that no prisoners could be passed on through the Afghan authorities to a third party, as you talked about.