Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Yes, I was going to comment on the same thing. In terms of how to exercise pressure, I think international multilateral organizations—particularly the United Nations Human Rights Council and various other fora—are really critical spaces to make Canada's voice heard but also to b

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I'll actually let Oxfam respond. They're much more in depth in the humanitarian work. I can comment on what Canada can do when it comes to the multilateral systems and organizations.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Yes, very quickly, I think there is work to be done to study further the rise of anti-rights, anti-gender and anti-feminist narratives. They are indeed transnational. They are interconnected. Just yesterday, I came back from Halifax and a round table with other scholars where the

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Yes. I think there's a degree of variation. There are instances where we do speak up on human rights, but perhaps not with the vigour that is needed. I would mention countries.... Even as recently as Peru, which just experienced a serious crisis. Here, I would highlight, sometim

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I think Canada has the potential to do that. It's a question of political will as well, but the potential is there and the leadership is needed certainly. There's a global vacuum in leadership on human rights, and there's a role that Canada can play.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  It's the work that we do daily. We advise the Canadian government to take strategic approaches. I would add to this that the world craves a Canada that is bolder on human rights, more articulate, not afraid and able to uphold the rights of all across the globe. I think I'd like t

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Absolutely. Yes, women human rights defenders, when they are risking their lives to protect human rights, justice or freedoms, find themselves in incredible danger. These things often happen within 24 hours or 48 hours. I'll give you the case of a human rights defender in Nicara

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I can't share the details now. All our analysis around this is based on first-hand research that we conduct and, therefore, we first go on the ground as much as possible or collect first-hand accounts before we can make any pronouncement so that it will be really factual. I would

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  That's a broad question. It's very much both a foreign policy question and also a tactical question as well. I will say that, first and foremost, you are right in the sense that you can't apply the same strategy overall, but you do have to apply the same values and standards acr

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair, for the invitation to appear before the subcommittee. I would like to start by noting how timely your study is. Decades of progress and hard-earned wins for women’s rights are under attack across the globe, and it really feels like we are swimming

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Certainly. I'll answer in English. Thank you for that question. I just want to point out that often when we hear “apartheid”, I think people associate it immediately with South Africa, with the context of South Africa. It's important to note that apartheid looks different in d

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I think I addressed this at the start of my remarks. Indeed, what we have seen and what we have been able to document as Amnesty amounts to war crimes and certainly needs to be investigated. In fact, we are calling for the ICC to investigate all these war crimes and crimes agains

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Sure, I can start. I think that's a very valid point, and I would add disinformation to that in the digital age. A lot of the fight for women's rights and feminist principles is actually being done by feminist leaders and women's rights leaders in society while operating increas

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you for that important question, Ms. Vandenbeld. The short answer to your question is, yes, women's rights have been backsliding. What we notice is that wherever human rights in general are backsliding, then inevitably women's rights also backslide, particularly in the con

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Good evening, members of the committee. I'd like to start by thanking you for inviting Amnesty International to speak to the state of human rights globally. We're certainly meeting at a grim time. There are several grave and urgent situations that merit yo