A/HRC/16/50 safe haven, and including rule of law programmes in recommendations for technical assistance. In addition, the Committee held a discussion on 7 October 2010 that focused entirely on human rights in the context of resolution 1373. These discussions were later presented as briefings to the wider United Nations membership, bringing greater transparency to the Committee’s attention to human rights. At a Security Council briefing by chairs of the subsidiary counter-terrorism bodies on 15 November 2010, the Committee chair reiterated that effective counter-terrorism measures and respect for human rights, fundamental freedoms and the rule of law are complementary and mutually reinforcing. 12. In line with General Assembly resolution 64/168 and Human Rights Council resolution 13/26, the Committee and its Executive Directorate continued to liaise with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism, and other human rights entities. The Special Rapporteur briefed the Committee in New York on 28 October 2010, where he addressed issues related to the legal basis of the Security Council’s counter-terrorism regime. The Executive Directorate organized a regional workshop for senior law enforcement and prosecution officials from South Asia, with the participation of OHCHR, in Semarang, Indonesia, from 9 to 11 November 2010, including for the purpose of visiting the Jakarta Centre for Law Enforcement Cooperation. It also continued its active participation in the Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force working group on the protection of human rights while countering terrorism, chaired by OHCHR. D. Other developments: regulation of private military and security companies 13. In accordance with the request made by the Human Rights Council in its resolution 10/11 with regard to the elaboration of a possible draft convention on private military and security companies and following regional consultations and meetings with experts, the Working Group on the use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the right of peoples to self-determination presented the full text of the possible draft convention to the Council at its fifteenth session (A/HRC/15/25, annex). The Working Group also presented elements for the possible draft convention to the General Assembly at its sixty-fifth session (A/65/325, annex). As highlighted by the Working Group, the aim of a new binding legal instrument would be to establish minimum international standards for States parties to regulate the activities of the companies and their personnel, and to set up an international oversight mechanism in the form of a committee (ibid., para. 54). The draft convention also proposes that the committee establish and maintain an international register of private military and security companies operating on the international market based on information provided by States parties (ibid., para. 54 (i)). 14. On 1 October 2010, the Human Rights Council adopted resolution 15/26 in which it decided to establish an open-ended intergovernmental working group to consider the possibility of elaborating an international regulatory framework, including, inter alia, the option of elaborating a legally binding instrument, on the regulation, monitoring and oversight of the activities of private military and security companies, including their accountability. The Council noted that the open-ended intergovernmental working group should take into consideration the principles, main elements and draft text proposed by the Working Group on the use of mercenaries. 15. In a parallel development, on 9 November 2010, 58 private security companies signed on to the International Code of Conduct for Private Security Service Providers. The Code of Conduct endorses the principles of “respect, protect, remedy” developed by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on the issue of human rights and 6