The freedom1 Forum filed an application in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on December 26, 2011, seeking information about the government efforts made in the process of ratification of the statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC). In line with the Right to Information Act, freedom1 Forum Chairman Taranath Dahal, for the study, filed the application in the Ministry seeking the photocopy of a report submitted to the then Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs on December 14, 2006 by a study team formed by the government as per the directive of the House of Representatives on October 18, 2006 to ratify the ICC statute which is also known as the Rome Statute. Also sought along with this are the information and details about the activities the government is carrying out for the endorsement of the Rome Statute like when the government is presenting proposal in the Legislature-Parliament to this regard. The registration number of the application is 1766.
Freedom Forum is a prominent non-governmental organization in Nepal dedicated to institutionalizing democracy, protecting and promoting human rights, press freedom, freedom of expression, right to information, promoting audit accountability, open and accountable budget, public finance reforms, citizen engagement in public finance management and citizen participation in audit. Established in February 2005, the organization emerged in response to the political turmoil following Former King Gyanendra’s coup dated February 1, 2005, which imposed severe restrictions on media and democratic rights. A group of media professionals, legal experts, and academics founded Freedom Forum to safeguard Nepal’s hard-earned democratic freedoms during this repressive period.
