Foreign Affairs committee  My understanding of the way it is written is that we would be required.... The requirement is to publish the lists of names of all—I think the term is “prisoners of conscience”—on whose behalf the Government of Canada is actively engaged to support them or seek their release. It

Foreign Affairs committee  That's my understanding.

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair, for the questions. As indicated, publishing a list.... Whenever Canada engages in support of human rights defenders or people imprisoned abroad in violation of international human rights standards, we do it in partnership with other countries or s

Foreign Affairs committee  I am not aware of any legislative obligations to publish lists of names of people on whose behalf other governments are actively engaged. I would note this: Many of you are probably familiar with the comprehensive human rights reports published every year by the State Departmen