Recommendation (E/CN.4/2006/6/Add.5) Steps taken in previous years (See A/HRC/4/33/Add.2 and A/HRC/7/3/Add.2) Steps taken since December 2007/current situation No ratification A transparent and consultative process in the appointment of commissioners was lacking. 2007: Under the Interim Constitution, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) was transformed into a constitutional body; in October 2007, the International Coordinating Committee of National Human Rights Institutions (ICC), restored ‘A’ status accreditation. 2006: the Commissioners of the NHRC, who had been appointed by the then Royal Government, resigned in July 2006. However, the work of the A/HRC/10/44/Add.5 page 73 Convention against Torture recognizing the competence of the Committee against Torture to receive and consider communications from individuals who claim to be victims of a violation of the provisions of the Convention (m) The Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture be ratified and a truly independent monitoring mechanism established to visit all places where persons are (n) The appointments to the National Human Rights Commission, in the absence of Parliament, be undertaken through a transparent and broadly consultative process Situation during visit (See E/CN.4/2006/6/Add.5)