A/HRC/4/26 page 6 25. On 16 October 2006 the Special Rapporteur was represented at a Euro-Med ad hoc meeting on counter terrorism in Brussels. 26. On 24 to 26 October the Special Rapporteur was in New York to present his report (A/61/267) to the Third Committee of the General Assembly. The Special Rapporteur had a formal meeting with the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) and met with the Counter-Terrorism Executive Directorate. These meetings focused on future cooperation, including in the joint identification of best practices while countering terrorism. He also met with the CTITF Chair, the Coordinator of the Al-Qaida and Taliban Monitoring Team, and a number of non-governmental organizations. 27. On 15 to 17 November the Special Rapporteur was represented at a Technical Workshop on Human Rights and International Cooperation in Counter-Terrorism in Liechtenstein, and presented a joint paper on “Procedural guarantees and due process in the context of the transfer of persons in the fight against terrorism”. 28. On 29 November the Special Rapporteur attended a meeting of the Working Group on Human Rights (COHOM) of the Council of the European Union to present his mandate and activities. 29. On 30 November to 1 December the Special Rapporteur convened an expert group meeting in Berlin to examine the promotion and protection of human rights while countering terrorism. He also met with the Human Rights Commissioner of the Federal Foreign Office of Germany. 30. On 6 to 7 December the Special Rapporteur visited Israel to deliver a keynote address on human rights and terrorism at the Minerva Biennial Conference on Human Rights. He held consultations with representatives of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Israel, with a view to preparing a country visit in 2007. 31. On 8 December the Special Rapporteur attended the European Union Human Rights Forum in Helsinki and spoke about current human rights concerns in the fight against terrorism. II. “PROFILING” IN THE CONTEXT OF COUNTERING TERRORISM A. Introduction 32. The Special Rapporteur notes that, in recent years, so-called terrorist profiling has become an increasingly significant component of States’ counter-terrorism efforts.1 The 1 Daniel Moeckli, “Terrorist profiling and the importance of a proactive approach to human rights protection” (16 December 2006), available at the Social Science Research Network (SSRN): http://ssrn.com/abstract=952163; Moeckli, “Discriminatory profiles: law enforcement after 9/11 and 7/7” (2005) (5) European Human Rights Law Review, 517.