A/HRC/13/39/Add.6 126 However, the criteria for determining who was eligible and how the measures would be implemented were not clear and concerns had been raised about the need for relief to be fairly and impartially distributed, and to respect the principle of nondiscrimination. (l) The declaration be made with respect to article 22 of the 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; No action taken. (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 deprived of their liberty. No ratification. (n) The appointments to the National Human Rights Commission, in the absence of Parliament, be undertaken through a transparent and broadly consultative process; A transparent and consultative process in the appointment of commissioners was lacking. Under the Interim Constitution of 2007, the NHRC was transformed into a constitutional body. In October 2007 the IC restored the ‘A’ status accreditation. In 2006 the Commissioners of the NHRC, who had been appointed by the then Royal Government, resigned in July. However, the work of the NHRC, already undermined Non-governmental sources: The NHRC remained vacant for 14 months before the Government established the new Commission on September 2007. However, as advocated by civil society members and OHCHR-Nepal, the establishment of the Commission was not based on a transparent and broad consultative process. Although NHRC has been established as a