A/HRC/7/3/Add.2 page 94 complete financial autonomy, as well as appropriate appointment procedures and the need to strengthen interaction with civil society. 482. According to the Government, the National Human Rights Commission has been elevated to a Constitutional body by the Interim Constitution, 2007 which has enhanced its stature as well as independence. The Chief as well as other members of the Commission have been appointed. The Government has been implementing the recommendations of the NHRC and is committed to fully cooperate with the Commission. 483. Recommendation (o) stated: The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court be ratified; 484. The Government has not yet acceded to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, despite a Parliamentary Resolution calling upon the Government to do so and the Government’s announcement of intention in 2006. 485. The Parliament has adopted a resolution calling for Nepal to become a State party to the Rome Statutes of the International Criminal Court. The matter of ratifying the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court is currently under consideration. 486. Recommendation (p) stated: Police, the armed police and Royal Nepalese Army recruits undergo extensive and thorough training using a curriculum that incorporates human rights education throughout and that includes training in effective interrogation techniques and the proper use of policing equipment, and that existing personnel receive continuing education; 487. Some training for Nepal Police and Armed Police Force has included components on international provisions relating to torture. OHCHR continued its capacity-building of Nepal Police (NP) and Armed Police Force (APF). Substantive advice was provided for the drafting of NP Human Rights Standing Orders, which will be distributed to all police. Training on human rights issues directly concerning police work and on protection mechanisms was provided to 35 NP trainers. Additionally, specialized sessions were provided to around 100 NP officials, including on human rights and the elections. Five regional trainings for some 150 APF were given by APF trainers trained and monitored by OHCHR and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), focusing especially on human rights standards pertaining to law enforcement and crowd control. Nevertheless, training needs to be strengthened particularly on the question of interrogation techniques, detention procedures and on crowd control, with clear directives from national police authorities on such matters. Police mechanisms to investigate and punish perpetrators of human rights violations need to be reviewed and strengthened. 488. In September, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), with the Prison Management Department, conducted a four-day workshop on prison-related human rights issues for