ONE LAST WORD The Advisory Council of Jurists would like to express its sincere gratitude to Ms Anne Gallagher for the excellent background paper she has provided to the Council for its consideration. The Council was greatly aided in its deliberations and analysis by Professor Mool Chand Sharma, Dr Savita Bhakry, and Ms Sudha Shrotia of the National Human Rights Commission of India and Mr Subhash Sharma, Advocate. The Council acknowledges the assistance of Mr Robert Hesketh of the New Zealand Office of Human Rights Proceedings. The Council especially desires to acknowledge the able and expert assistance of the Secretariat (Ms Pip Dargan and Ms Kate Fitzgerald) without whose untiring efforts this report would not have been completed. The Council is also grateful to the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights for the financial support it provided to the meeting. 19