Thank you very much.
My name is Melanie Bejzyk. I work in the UN, human rights and humanitarian law section in the department.
Regarding the people who give advice on gender issues and the use of gender language, first of all, our division would provide that kind of advice with respect to compliance with Canada's obligations under international human rights law. That would include gender and equality issues and non-discrimination issues. So that would be me, on the legal side.
On the policy side, our human rights policy division has human rights experts who give advice with respect to all aspects of Canada's compliance with its responsibilities with respect to human rights, and that division also develops policy. The law is the minimum bottom line, but policy can go above and beyond that if that's the choice.
Those would be the two divisions, and in each of those there would be officers assigned specifically to deal with issues of gender equality.