2 Report of the Eminent Jurists Panel on terrorism, counter-terrorism and human rights attention of the Panel, to organising Hearings and meetings, contributing to the drafting of the report and to the verification of its contents. In the initial stages he was supported in particular by Isabelle Heyer and later by Yayoi Yamaguchi. At different times and in different ways assistance has also been provided by MarieLaure Bazerolle, Stephen Coakley, Róisín Pillay and Massimo Frigo. Ian Seiderman, who recently returned to the ICJ as a Senior Legal Advisor, took part in the final preparation of the report. To all of them we offer our appreciation and gratitude. Without their assistance the project would not have been viable. In addition to the ICJ staff at the Secretariat, various interns provided assistance to the Panel. We also wish to acknowledge their assistance and to thank them. Those who helped were Mathias Vermeulen, Matias Pellado, Shushan Khachyan, Stephanie Motz, Georg Huber-Grabenwaerter, Karel De Meester, Ida Soeholm, Anthony Guerbidjian, Jurabek Ruziev, Emerlynne Gil and Sophie Clavet. It is encouraging to see young people taking an interest in international law and human rights, and we hope that their experience at the ICJ, working on the project and other issues, will inspire them to continue being concerned about these matters as they pursue their careers in the years ahead. Wilder Tayler, the Acting Secretary General of the ICJ has overseen the work done by the Secretariat since Nicholas Howen took ill, and has mobilised support for the project, offering valuable advice to us. The Hearings depended on the cooperation of partner organisations of the ICJ, and in some instances, venues for the Hearings were provided by friendly institutions. We thank them all. • The Colombia National Hearing was held in Bogotá, co-organised with the Colombian Commission of Jurists, and hosted by Santo Tomás University; • the East Africa Sub-regional Hearing (Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda) was held in Nairobi and co-organised with the Kenyan Section of the ICJ with assistance of the East African Law Society; • the Australia National Hearing was held in Sydney and organised by the Australian Section of the ICJ; • the Northern Ireland Hearing was held in Belfast and co-organised with the Committee on the Administration of Justice (CAJ); • the United Kingdom National Hearing was held in London, co-organised with JUSTICE, the British Section of the ICJ and hosted by the solicitors, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; • the North Africa sub-regional Hearing (Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria) was held in Rabat and co-organised with the ICJ affiliate, the Moroccan Organisation for Human Rights (OMDH);