Foreign Affairs committee  I wasn't sure who it was directed to. I could take a crack at it. It's very difficult to answer, quite frankly. I was involved in this issue very early. I was representing an individual who was detained in one of those camps in early 2018. There was a great deal of engagement on

Foreign Affairs committee  I'm not an expert in such matters, but I think it's easy to understand that children who've been abandoned in those circumstances.... Aside from the psychological traumas that they are no doubt experiencing today, I question how they will feel when they grow up and find out or le

Foreign Affairs committee  I agree with everything Mr. Mohammed said. As an international human rights lawyer, I'm ashamed of Canada's response to this situation. We know the argument that Canada put forward—that they simply couldn't do it and it wasn't possible—was just a flimsy argument, because they d

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair, vice-chair and members of the committee. Thank you for this invitation. I'm a human rights lawyer in Ottawa. I specialize in constitutional and international law. I've represented many Canadians detained abroad in a variety of different contexts.

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I want to thank you and the members of the committee for this invitation and the opportunity to provide you with some thoughts of the experience I have had with this issue of Canadians detained or imprisoned abroad. I've represented a few Canadia