A/HRC/22/26 Practices and specific international human rights law and standards would help to enhance their legitimacy and ensure, in line with the introduction to the Rabat Memorandum, that counter-terrorism measures adopted at national level on the basis of the Good Practices are grounded in human rights obligations and the rule of law. The Office has also contributed substantively to other GCTF initiatives, as appropriate, with a view to supporting efforts to ensure these initiatives are grounded in, and cohere with, international human rights law and standards.5 The Office participated in a stocktaking exercise on criminal justice and rule of law approaches to counter-terrorism programming in Southeast Asia, which was initiated by the GCTF Working Group on Southeast Asia Capacity Building. 17. The Office continues to collaborate closely with the Security Council CounterTerrorism Committee and its Executive Directorate. In April 2011, OHCHR contributed actively to a special meeting on the prevention of terrorism of the Counter-Terrorism Committee with international, regional and subregional organizations in Strasbourg, an event which was co-organized by the Council of Europe. In September 2011, the Office participated in a meeting in New York of the Counter-Terrorism Committee to commemorate the adoption of Security Council Resolution 1373 and the establishment of the Committee. OHCHR representatives also participated in a regional workshop organized by CTED on implementation of resolution 1624 (2005), held in Nairobi in November/December 2011, and in a practitioners’ seminar organized by CTED on the role of the prosecutor in terrorist cases, in Algiers in June 2012. 18. Other activities have included the Office’s participation in a civil society event on national security detentions in Afghanistan and Pakistan, held in Istanbul from 26 to 29 January 2012. In March 2012, OHCHR contributed to a conference in Copenhagen on Ensuring Respect for Human Rights and the Rule of Law while Countering Terrorism: Criminal Prosecution of Terrorist Offences, held under the auspices of the Danish European Union Presidency. On 8 May 2012, the Office contributed to a panel discussion on United Nations reform, the rule of law and counter-terrorism in New York. On 9 and 10 October 2012, OHCHR participated in a workshop in London organized jointly by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the Commonwealth Secretariat for judges of the Nigerian Federal High Court on issues related to the adjudication of terrorismrelated cases. On 12 and 13 November 2012, OHCHR participated in a meeting held in Vienna by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) on Strengthening Regional Co-operation, Criminal Justice Institutions and Rule-of-Law Capacities to Prevent and Combat Terrorism and Radicalization that leads to Terrorism. D. Other developments: activities of the Security Council CounterTerrorism Committee and the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate 19. The Counter-Terrorism Committee and the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) continue to take account of relevant human rights concerns in their work programmes focused on the implementation of Security Council resolutions 1373 (2001) and 1624 (2005). Under the chairmanship of India since January 2011, the 5 fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism entitled “Ten areas of best practices in countering terrorism” (A/HRC/16/51). This has included substantive input to the draft Algiers Memorandum on Good Practices on Preventing and Denying the Benefits of Kidnapping for Ransom by Terrorists and Madrid Memorandum on Good Practices for Assistance to Victims of Terrorism Immediately after the Attack and in Criminal Proceedings as well as the draft GCTF Victims of Terrorism Action Plan, all of which had been prepared by the GCTF Working Group on Countering Violent Extremism. 7