The National Commission assigned to Follow-up the BICI Recommendations

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Progress & Actions Taken

1722 (h) - To review convictions and commute sentences of all persons charged with offences involving political expression, not consisting of advocacy of violence, or, as the case may be, to drop outstanding charges against them.

Progress & Actions

Resolutions of the National Commission

Providing the National Commission with the actions taken or to be taken in the future to implement this recommendation.

Government Response

On December 24, 2011, the Attorney General affirmed that all charges of freedom of expression will be dropped.
Only the cases that include crimes of violence will be considered. About 343 people benefited from this decision. On January 2, 2012, the Higher Judiciary Council announced the formation of a commission of civil judges to revise all verdicts for the commutation of penalties of all accused of crimes related to freedom of expression which don't include incitement to violence.

Resolutions of the National Commission

To address the following questions to the government:

Were conviction sentences actually nullified or commuted where the recommendation applies?
How many persons does the recommendation apply to but their conviction sentences were not nullified or commuted?
When will all cases referred to in the recommendation be reviewed?

Relevant Legislation / Documents

Amendment to the Code of Criminal Procedure

Most Recent Actions Taken