Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I'm sorry. I think your question was, what are the obligations when genocide is suspected? Is that correct?

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  The convention is very clear, in that if a genocide is suspected, a member state that is part of the convention has to do everything it can to stop it. The question, of course, is how and why? That's why it's an enormous debate. Also, it is why states are reluctant to declare gen

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  On the matter of peacekeeping, I've written about it. I'm monitoring the talks in Pretoria. Here's what I have learned about peace talks, having spent countless hours in conference rooms in peace talks around the world. The first thing is it's the little steps that make a differe

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  The most likely reason is that the armed forces in Ethiopia are not strong enough to achieve a successful military outcome, from their perspective, in the conflict in and around Tigray. This means they have to rely on the Eritrean military, which, as we know, has a long history o

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  You mentioned aid, and I speak as a former British government aid official, so also from experience. When one encounters inhumanity, the best way to counter inhumanity is through humanity. I would like to suggest that the generous Government of Canada should not consider reducing

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thank you for inviting me to speak to your committee. The last time I had the honour of addressing the honourable parliamentarians of Canada, it was in relation to the Darfur genocide some 20 years ago. Here we are again, with “never again” happening ag