• NHRIs should seek to influence legislators and inform public debate about the human rights implications of counter terrorism measures and the legal obligations of States in relation to international human rights instruments and norms. • NHRIs should take an active role in educating all sectors of the community, for example, lawyers, journalists, doctors, police, the military, the judiciary and legislators, on the meaning and application of the international law of human rights and the general principle of the rule of law. 12