Thank you, Madam Chair.
Thank you for agreeing to appear before the committee today.
You spoke about human trafficking in the context of war. That's a very interesting theme, one which we have not talked about a great deal thus far. In my opinion, the witnesses who appeared previously did not have enough information about this. You maintain that whether we like it or not, wars create a climate conducive to violating human rights. Indeed, war as such is a violation of human rights.
Can you tell me what kind of human trafficking occurs in times of war, when countries are destabilized? I'm especially interested in Afghanistan, since safeguarding women's rights was the stated reason for sending troops to this country. You say that wars, including the war in Afghanistan, represented fertile ground for trafficking in women, a clear violation of women's rights.