Acknowledgement The Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions (APF) is pleased to present this policy paper on ‘National action on international issues: The roles of national human rights institutions in relation to extra-territorial human rights cases and situations.’ This policy paper has been initiated by the APF to provide guidance and practical examples to national human rights institutions (NHRIs) on considering extra-territorial human rights cases and situations. The paper was written by APF expert consultant, Professor Chris Sidoti. Acknowledgements should also be given to a wide range of individual APF member NHRIs who contributed and assisted in the development of this paper. Their inputs are highlighted throughout the paper and we thank them for their expertise and support which has significantly enhanced this work. 4 National action on international issues