Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Again, I thank you for this time, and I thank you for the ability to listen to your concerns and to your questions. I would only ask this esteemed committee, at least from my particular points...it is the precedent this would set, and that is trying children for war crimes. I a

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I think it's important that we consider what Canada can do for Omar Khadr, and that is to bring him home and have his case fairly and openly considered in a Canadian court. The courts are open in Canada, and whatever the judgment is, I think the Canadian people could handle that.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  There's a practicality here. I think the international community has made some judgments here. Even though the definition of a child is anybody under the age of 18, they also recognize the fact that military forces recruit people younger than that. But they certainly have come

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Yes, I can. Thank you. When I was asked by the Security Council to go to West Africa and prosecute those who bore the greatest responsibility for war crimes and crimes against humanity, in the statute they gave me I had the power, if I chose to do so, to prosecute someone whom I

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Just recently a sitting officer down in Guantanamo made this exact point when the motion was made related to removing the charges on Omar Khadr because he was a child. He clearly stated the point that the law doesn't define the age of a person who could be before this particular

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Good afternoon, and thank you so much for allowing me to be here, particularly with someone whom I admire so greatly and a colleague whom I knew in East Africa while I was doing work in West Africa. So we come to you with some unique perspectives, from a continent that saw both c