A/HRC/32/20 (f) Ensure that all counter-terrorism measures that have an impact on civil society comply with all relevant international human rights law and standards. 85. In the context of a conducive public and political environment, Member States should: (a) Demonstrate high-level political support for the independence and diversity of civic activity through public statements and public information campaigns; (b) Develop and implement national action plans for the implementation of the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: Implementing the United Nations “Protect, Respect and Remedy” Framework, including commitments to promote and incentivize respect and support by business for civil society actors, domestically and abroad; (c) Ensure accountability for any acts of intimidation or reprisal against civil society actors by ensuring prompt, thorough and impartial investigations and bringing perpetrators to justice; (d) Develop or update a national policy framework and action plan to guide implementation of the recommendations formulated in the present report and of all international human rights law and standards relevant to civil society space. 86. In the context of access to information, Member States should: (a) Enact clear laws, regulations and policies that guarantee the proactive disclosure of information held by public bodies, including those exercising public functions, and provide a general right to request and receive such information, subject only to clearly and narrowly defined exceptions in accordance with international human rights law and standards; guarantee the right to access information held by private bodies where it is essential to the exercise or protection of human rights; and provide a right to appeal to an independent body for any refusal to disclose information; (b) Provide training for public officials on implementation of the right of access to information and disseminate information to the public on the right to access and the processes for achieving it. 87. In the context of participation in policy development, planning and decisionmaking, Member States should: (a) Recognize the right to participation in public decision-making processes in legislation. This should include timely, clear, accurate and adequate information, with messages and questions that are easily understood; extensive dissemination of the outcome, accompanied by a description of the processes; the rationale for accepting or rejecting civil society proposals or input; opportunities for feedback and redress; and provision of adequate budgets for participation; (b) Develop national action plans on engagement with civil society actors that oblige all public actors to consult with civil society in policy development and implementation; (c) Integrate new forms of participation through the use of ICT and social media as a means to enable equal access to information and broad-based consultations; (d) Systematically assess whether proposed legislative or policy reforms would have a negative impact on women or contain gender-specific elements or would affect specific sectors of the population; 18