Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke and signatories continue to be added to the open document. Moseneke welcomed the initiative by civil society but did not voice a personal opinion about the charter or endorse it. In his keynote speech, Moseneke stated: The charter has been endorsed by signatories from all major religions in South Africa and the Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities. Signatories include representatives of religious groups and organisations, human rights organisations, legal and academic entities and media bodies. By the first annual general meeting of the South African Council for the Protection and Promotion of Religious Rights and Freedoms in 2011, 67 religious organisations, including numerous Christian denominations representing approximately 8–10 million South Africans, had signed the charter. South African Council for the Protection and Promotion of Religious Rights and Freedoms After the public endorsement of the charter, the South African Council for the Protection and Promotion of Religious Rights and Freedoms was established to oversee the process of the charter being formally enacted into South African law by Parliament. A steering committee convened by Prof Pieter Coertzen was also appointed to prepare a constitution for the council. The members of the council, some of whom previously served on the Continuation Committee, are: Prof Pieter Coertzen (Dutch Reformed Church, University of Stellenbosch) Dr Nokuzola Mndende (African Traditional Religion) Shawn Boshoff (The Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints) Marius Oosthuizen (Rhema Ministries) Dr Mary-Anne Plaatjies van Huffel (Uniting Reformed Church in Southern Africa) F Matthew Esau (Anglican Church of Southern Africa) Moss Nthla (The Evangelical Alliance of South Africa) Reg Willis (Christian Lawyers Association) K Padayachy (SA Tamil Federation) Anton Knoetze (Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities) Specialists appointed to the steering committee are: Prof Iain Benson (University of Notre Dame, Sydney, Australia, Global Centre for Pluralism, University of the Free State, Miller Thomson LLP) Victor Van Vuuren Prof Erasmus Malherbe (University of Johannesburg (retired)) Criticism of the charter The charter has been criticised by Pagan South Africans and non-religious South Africans. Members of the South African Pagan Council expressed concern that the charter would be used to enforce religious discrimination in society, for example by providing the unlimited right to refuse service to South African citizens on the grounds of religious conscience, and would result in state-subsidized religious