"This report has been produced and commissioned jointly by the Asian Human Rights Commission and the International Human Rights Committee."

"The report has been written by independent personnel who are not associated to the Asian Human Rights Commission or the International Human Rights Committee and have not been paid any monetary amount for their contribution. In this regard the Asian Human Rights Commission and the International Human Rights Committee gratefully acknowledges the contributions of Nilmini Roelens and Sultana Noon for the initial drafting of this report and the contributions of Lord Eric Avebury, Catarina Kinnvall, Professor of the Department of Political Science at Lund University, Sweden and Tayyab Mahmud, Professor of Law at Seattle University School of Law for assisting with editing the report."