A/HRC/10/3 page 6 United Nations High Commissioner of Human Rights (OHCHR). Among the participants were legal representatives from the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe. 17. On 26 June 2008 the Special Rapporteur participated in a panel event, sponsored by the International Council on Human Rights Policy (ICHRP) at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, on “Terrorism: risks and choices for human rights organizations”. 18. From 14 to 18 July 2008 the Special Rapporteur conducted consultations in Geneva, in preparation for his reports to the General Assembly and the Human Rights Council. He also met with the Permanent Representative of Pakistan. 19. On 18 and 19 September 2008 the Special Rapporteur convened an expert group meeting at the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence to discuss thematic issues related to his mandate. The meeting was funded by the Åbo Akademi University Institute for Human Rights, through its project to support the mandate of the Special Rapporteur. 20. On 18 October 2008 the Special Rapporteur addressed a workshop in the Norwegian Parliament on “Accountability of international intelligence cooperation”, organized by the Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces, the Norwegian Parliamentary Intelligence Oversight Committee and the University of Durham Human Rights Centre. 21. From 20 to 22 October 2008, the Special Rapporteur was in New York to present his report (A/63/223) to the Third Committee of the General Assembly. The Special Rapporteur had formal meetings with the Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee, the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) and the Counter-Terrorism Executive Directorate (CTED). He met with the Chair of CTITF and with two of its working groups. The Special Rapporteur chaired a follow-up expert meeting on international aviation law which focused on international bodies such as CTC, CTED and ICAO to identify legal tools to help prevent, detect and investigate rendition flights. He also met with a number of non-governmental organizations and gave a press conference. 22. On 27 October 2008 the Special Rapporteur chaired a meeting on the “Principle of legality: defining terrorism and terrorism-related offences”, as part of a regional seminar on upholding human rights while countering terrorism in Amman, organized by OHCHR. 23. On 7 November 2008 the Special Rapporteur participated in an expert seminar on “The impact of terrorism and counter-terrorism measures on the enjoyment of economic, social and cultural rights” organized by the CTITF Working Group on the Protection of Human Rights. 24. From 11 to 12 November 2008 the Special Rapporteur was represented at a stakeholder meeting in New York organized by the CTITF Working Group on Countering the Use of the Internet for Terrorist Purposes.