guarantees for the safety of victims, who submit complaints, of any form of reprisals, as well as witnesses and the participating experts. 3.8 The Code of Criminal Procedure, promulgated by Decree-Law No. (46) of 2002 and its amendments, includes a set of procedures and controls that form an integrated legal framework for protecting the human right to enjoy the guarantees of a fair trial, starting from the arrest and evidence-gathering stage up to the preliminary investigation and trial stage. 3.9 In October 2012, Law No. (49) was issued amending Article (81) of the Public Security Forces Law issued by Decree-Law No. (3) of 1981, under which crimes related to cases of allegations of torture, inhuman or degrading treatment, or death connected with that, were excluded from military crimes and the jurisdiction of military courts. Consequently, these offenses are subjected to ordinary jurisdiction, which is a legislative approach in line with the Convention against Torture. 3.10 The NIHR points out that in accordance with Article (12), Paragraph (b) of the provisions of its Establishment Law, it has submitted its advisory opinion on the draft law amending certain provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure promulgated by Decree Law No. (46) of 2002 to the Shura Council. The advisory opinion was limited to the provisions that the NIHR considers as having an impact on human rights and freedoms, namely articles (57), (63), (64) and (77), the first paragraph of Article (84), the first paragraph of Article (86), (141) and (149), and the first paragraph of Article (294), (297) and (142 bis) of the draft law. The Parallel Report by the National Institution for Human Rights of the Kingdom of Bahrain to the Human Rights Committee © 2018 26