Acknowledgments

• Author: Robert Martin
• Pages: 7-8

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

A

great many people have assisted with this project.

The

best place

to

begin

is at the

beginning.

Patsy

Robertson, then Director

of the

Information

and

Public

Affairs

Division

at the

Commonwealth Secretariat,

and

Derek Ingram suggested

that

the

CAEJC carry

out a

research project dealing with

freedom

of

expres-

sion. Some time later,

I

actually

had a

project proposal. This

was

refined

and

revised

and

improved largely because

of the

assistance

of

Jeremy

Pope,

Director

of the

Legal

and

Constitutional

Affairs

Division

at the

Common-

wealth Secretariat,

and his

successor,

Reg

Austin.

I

next sought

funding

from

the

Canadian International Development

Agency.

Caroline McRae guided

me

through

the

labyrinth

of

CIDA. CIDA

generously

provided

the

bulk

of

funding

for the

project.

I am

grateful

to

Gilles Bernier

of

CIDA

who

was,

at

different

times,

patient,

helpful,

and

encouraging.

Thanks also

go to the

Commonwealth Foundation

and its

Director,

Dr.

Humayun Khan,

for

providing additional

funding.

Vijay

Menon, then President

of the

CAEJC,

and

Secretary General

of

the

Asian Media Information

and

Communications Centre,

was

especially

helpful

in

arranging

the

first

meeting

of the

Editorial Committee

in

Kuala

Lumpur

in

1996.

The

most pleasurable part

of

this project

has

been

the

opportunity

to

work with

the

members

of the

Editorial Committee.

I

have been honoured

to be

associated with such

a

distinguished group

of men and

women

from

throughout

the

Commonwealth. Their commitment

to the

project

and the

extraordinary

effort

they devoted

to it

were marvellous.

I

also express

my

gratitude

to the

people

who

wrote

the

Country Reports. They gave

the

project

the

benefit

of

their

knowledge

and

insights,

and

they also

quietly

accepted

most

of my

presumptuous criticism

of

their work.

Thanks

go to

Richard Nzerem,

the

present Director

of the

Legal

and

Constitutional

Affairs

Division

at the

Commonwealth Secretariat,

for

arranging

the

1997 meeting

of the

Editorial Committee

in

London.

Syed

Arabi Idid,

the

current President

of the

CAEJC,

has

consistently

given

his

help

and

support.

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