elIn view of the delay that has been observed in laying the annual report of the Commission before each House of Parliament, whether a short time limit could be set for the completion of this procedure? How could an appropriate scheme be built into the Statute for an effective inquiry by the Commission into allegations of violations of human rights by personnel of the armed forces and para-military forces? How could the Commission be enabled to take up consideration of cases which are more than one year old, against the background of the provisions of Section 36(2)1 The Commisskn proposes to pursue these issues, which are vital to its effective 4.5 functioning, on receipt of the report of the Ahmadi Committee. IMPLEMENTATION OF TREATIES AND OTHER IMTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS 4.6 Under Section 12 (f) of the Protection of Human Rights Act 1993, the Commission has a statutory responsibility to "study treaties and other international instruments on human rights and make recommendations for their effective implementation." The efforts of the Commission to secure the accession of lndia to the Convention against Twture and Other Forms of Cruel, Inhuman and Degardlng Punishment or Treatment are recounted in Chapter Ill(c) of this report, It is to be noted that lndia is already party to sixteen other international treaties drawn-up under the auspices of the United Nations and that these are: 4.7 lnternational Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, lnternational Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid, lnternational Convention against Apartheid in Sports, Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, Convention on the Non-Applicability of Statutory Limitations to War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity,