A/HRC/22/26 Group will also continue to: facilitate the exchange of information on priority human rights concerns, as well as good practice examples on the protection of human rights in the context of counter-terrorism, drawing on experiences at national and regional level; assess the support and assistance currently given to Member States to ensure the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of counter-terrorism; identify gaps and weaknesses, and develop proposals for strengthening support to Member States towards the protection of human rights in the context of counter-terrorism at national level. In doing so, the Working Group will cooperate with civil society organizations. 14. In the context of the role of OHCHR in the CTITF Working Group on Supporting and Highlighting Victims of Terrorism, the Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights participated as a panellist in a Panel event on the rights of victims of terrorism. The event, which took place in New York on 2 April 2012, was organized by the Permanent Mission of Spain and the CTITF Office. Throughout the reporting period, the Office has continued to highlight human rights concerns and endeavoured to mainstream human rights norms and standards in the work of this Working Group, within the framework provided by the Counter-Terrorism Strategy and General Assembly resolution 65/221. 15. As a member of the CTITF Working Group on Border Management Relating to Counter-Terrorism, the Office has provided extensive human rights-related input to the Online Compendium of Legal Instruments, Standards and Recommended Practices Relating to Border Management, which was launched on 18 July 2012. The Office also sought to ensure that human rights issues are given due attention in the joint CTITF and United Nations Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia initiative towards a plan of action for the implementation of the Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy in Central Asia, which was adopted on 30 November 2011. The Office has participated in regular CTITF briefings to Member States on current activities of CTITF member entities and in CTITF Inter-Agency Coordination meetings. C. Other activities of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights 16. At the invitation of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, the Office participated in the Conference between the Members of the Global Counterterrorism Forum (GCTF) and the United Nations as well as Other International, Regional and Sub-regional Organizations, which was held in Interlaken from 22 to 24 February 2012. At that meeting, OHCHR drew attention to the various ongoing initiatives within the United Nations human rights system of relevance to GCTF and its various initiatives. In May 2012, OHCHR participated in the third meeting of the GCTF Working Group on Criminal Justice and the Rule of Law in The Hague. In the course of discussions at both meetings, the Office highlighted relevant OHCHR initiatives, including capacity-building activities for judges, prosecutors, defence lawyers and law enforcement agencies, as well as the work of international human rights treaty bodies, the human rights special procedures and the universal periodic review. These mandates play a critical role in assisting States to ensure that their counter-terrorism efforts are both effective and human rights-compliant, and offer substantive and practical guidance of direct relevance to the Rabat Memorandum on Good Practices for Effective Counterterrorism Practice in the Criminal Justice Sector adopted by GCTF.4 In this regard, it should be noted that an explicit linkage between these Good 4 6 These include, for example, the Report of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism (A/HRC/16/50), and the Report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and