A/HRC/8/13 page 6 the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED), the United Nations Office of Legal Affairs (OLA), the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI), the World Bank, and the International Maritime Organization (IMO). The aim of the working group is to support efforts by Member States to ensure the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of counter-terrorism, including through the development and implementation of human rights-compliant legislation and policies. 9. The Strategy and Plan of Action gave OHCHR a lead role in examining the question of protecting human rights while countering terrorism. In this context, my Office is developing a number of tools on countering terrorism with full respect for human rights. The tools aim at assisting practitioners; providing technical assistance to Member States, upon their request, in developing human rights-compliant counter-terrorism legislation and policies; and supporting relevant United Nations mechanisms. As part of this effort a fact sheet on “Human Rights, Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism” was finalized in April 2008. It is addressed to State authorities, national and international non-governmental organizations, national human rights institutions, legal practitioners and other individuals concerned with ensuring the protection and promotion of human rights in the context of terrorism and counter-terrorism. My Office is also in the process of updating the Digest of Jurisprudence of the United Nations and Regional Organizations on the Protection of Human Rights while Countering Terrorism, which was first published in 2003. OHCHR is also cooperating with UNODC on developing tools in the criminal justice system related to countering terrorism that are compatible with human rights laws. 10. Several workshops hosted by Member States were organized during 2007 and 2008 to consider action by Member States regarding the implementation of the Global Strategy. The workshops aimed at assessing the overall contributions of the United Nations to the fight against terrorism and to identify ways to make its institutions more relevant to national counter-terrorism strategies and better able to support implementation of the Strategy. The meetings involved, in particular, experts from Governments, relevant United Nations bodies and other multilateral bodies from different regions, as well as academic and research institutions. My Office participated in these efforts to ensure that human rights issues remain at the centre of implementation of the Strategy. 11. During these workshops, it was considered that one of the Strategy’s achievements was its prioritization of the respect for human rights and the rule of law and their integration into all pillars of its implementation. The challenge for both the United Nations system and Member States is to ensure that this human rights-based approach is reflected in all Strategy implementation efforts, rather than remaining simply of rhetorical value. It was recognized that while the United Nations has a role to play, Member States have the primary responsibility in this area. There was also recognition that progress has been made since 2002 in ensuring respect for human rights in the fight against terrorism, but that more work remains to be done. The workshops also assessed the United Nations engagement with regional, subregional and functional bodies and civil society in implementing the Strategy, and the role that these stakeholders can play in furthering the implementation of the Strategy and what steps the United Nations, in particular its CTITF, might take to stimulate this engagement. They also discussed the role of the United Nations in promoting and strengthening the rule of law and good