Human Rights and exchange of experiences between practitioners, academics, and NGOs working on these topics with a view to facilitating human-rightscompliant international co-operation to combat terrorism in the OSCE region: the ODIHR, in co-operation with the UN’s Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (UN OHCHR), and with the support of the Government of Liechtenstein, organized a Technical Workshop on Human Rights and International Cooperation in Counter-Terrorism in November in Liechtenstein. The workshop focused on topics such as the principle of non-refoulement; procedural requirements for the transfer of persons, evidence, and intelligence between states; and the practical difficulties involved in the listing of terrorist groups and individuals at the national and international levels. Terrorism issues are debated around the world. The ODIHR has made its voice heard by publishing research papers on important issues and sometimes proposing solutions to very difficult challenges. Papers published in 2006 covered the topics of human rights considerations in combating incitement to terrorism and related offences, protecting human rights while combating the use of the Internet for terrorist purposes, and solidarity with victims of terrorism. These complement the papers produced in 2005 on extradition, diplomatic assurances, and the right to life in the context of counter-terrorism.7 Solidarity with victims of terrorism On the basis of Permanent Council Decision No. 618 of 1 July 2004 on “Solidarity with the Victims of Terrorism”, a technical workshop was organized in March in Oñati, Spain, involving academics and government representatives working on issues related to the rights of victims of terrorism, as well as delegates from international organizations, including the UN OHCHR, the Council of Europe, and the European Commission. A high-level meeting will take place in 7 All of these papers may be found on the ODIHR’s website at http://www.osce.org/odihr/documents.html?lsi=true&limi t=10&grp=309. Vienna in September 2007 focusing on access to justice for victims of terrorism, the role of civil society in solidarity with victims of terrorism, and solidarity with victims of terrorism at the international level. II. Human rights training and education Human rights education and training are undertaken to equip members of government institutions and of civil society with the experience and skills necessary to have the greatest possible impact in their communities. The need to improve skills also extends to OSCE staff, especially when working in field missions. Support for civil society Detainees make up one of the most vulnerable groups in any society, though their vulnerability is even more pronounced in countries — often those in transition — where places of detention remain part of a closed system. Developing a system of public monitoring of places of detention helps governments and societies to identify, rectify, and prevent abuse.8 Between 2004 and 2006, the ODIHR conducted a regional project in Central Asia on public monitoring of human rights in pre-trial detention. The final phase took place in February 2006 in Almaty, where government officials and participants from NGOs from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan met in a seminar on prevention of human rights abuses in places of detention; NGO participants also received training on how to write monitoring reports, and took part in a roundtable on torture prevention. The roundtable identified both human rights abuses in places of detention and positive steps taken by authorities to prevent them. The seminar provided a forum for the discussion of international standards and their implementation at the local level, as well as of concrete monitoring mechanisms. One of the seminar’s main achievements was the high level of interaction between civil society representatives, who, by virtue of their experience and knowledge, demonstrated to the 8 For more information on the ODIHR’s work in the area of monitoring places of detention, see “Rule of Law”, pp. 29-30. Annual Report  55