Proceedings of the Standing
Senate Committee on
Human
Rights
First Session Thirty-seventh Parliament, 2001-02
Chair: The Honourable A. RAYNELL ANDREYCHUK
Monday, March 18, 2002
Issue No. 8
First meeting on: The examination of the status of Canada's adherence to international human rights instruments and on the process whereby Canada enters into, implements, and reports on such agreements
WITNESSES:
From the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade:
Ms Alexandra Bugailiskis, Director General, Latin America and Caribbean Bureau;
Mr. John Holmes, Director, United Nations, Criminal and Treaty Law Division.
From the Department of Justice:
Ms Elisabeth Eid, Acting Director, Human Rights Law Section.
As an individual:
Mr. Timothy Ross Wilson.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable A. Raynell Andreychuk, Chair
The Honourable Joan Fraser, Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:
Beaudoin, *Carstairs, P.C. (or Robichaud, P.C.), Cochrane, Ferretti Barth, Jaffer, Kinsella, * Lynch-Staunton (or Kinsella), Poy, Wilson.
* Ex Officio Members
(Quorum 4)
Changes in membership of the committee:
Pursuant to rule 85(4), membership of the committee was amended as follows:
The name of the Honourable Senator Jaffer was substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Cook (February 25, 2002).
The name of the Honourable Senator Poy substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Cordy (February 25, 2002).