4. Welcomes the fact that the authorities responded to a request by Mr Chebeya Bahizire's family for an independent autopsy by inviting an expert Dutch forensics team, led by Dr Franklin Van de Groot, to determine the cause of death;

(Return tabled) Question No. 135 Ms. Alexa McDonough: With regard to the death of Canadian citizen Zahra Kazemi in Iran: (a) what specific actions, if any, have the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, the Department of Citizenship and Immigration, the Department of Justice and the Prime Minister’s Office undertaken in Iran, at the United Nations and within other multilateral forums since the government was first notified of Ms. Kazemi’s arrest in Iran; and (b) what specific recommendations, if any, have the Prime Minister and Ministers of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Citizenship and Immigration, and Justice received from departmental experts, with reg ...[+++]ard to proposed actions the government may take in Iran, at the United Nations, and within other multilateral forums to ensure (i) that a full and accountable investigation into Ms. Kazemi’s death took place, (ii) that the perpetrators were tried in a fair and transparent trial, and (iii) that her remains were returned to her family in Canada for a full forensic examination and burial?

For one thing, we have had two round tables with experts; the first one, we brought in someone from the FBI and someone from the Forensic Science Service in the United Kingdom.

The document was given to provincial and territorial governments, to police departments, to national police organizations, to those responsible for privacy, to lawyers, to representatives of correctional services, to women's groups, to victims' groups and to experts in the field of forensic medicine.