judiciary, more appropriately the establishment this Court and appointment its judges shall be provided for directly by the law. 2- Derogation from the general norms included in the Penal Code with respect to A. rules of “complicity" and the respective responsibilities of the perpetrator, partner, instigator and accomplice in the commission of these crimes. B. the powers conferred upon law-enforcement officers/ police in holding in custody detainees for 7 days, a period excess the maximum statutory duration of 24 hours stipulated in the Criminal procedures Law. C. appeals period against judgments of the State Security Courts in criminal cases. Second: the continued operation of the Prevention of Terrorism Act No. 5 of Jordan for the year 2006 and its amendments. NCHR view that the Law includes number of problematic areas, notably; - The expansion of the concept of a terrorist act under Article (2) of the Law, in a manner contrary to the definition of a terrorist act stipulated in the Penal Code under Article 147 - Overlooking the concept of criminal intent ( mens rea) in the provisions of Article (2) of the Law, authorizing a judge to apply the legal provisions on crimes, and charge the accused as being terrorist based on ordinary acts may not actually constitute terrorist acts. - Describing terrorist acts by vaguely-worded and broad terms such as the "public order", "jeopardizing the safety of the community," “sow discord" " disturbing public order ", "terrorizing people." These phrases have wide significance, hence this allows for discretion when invoked during the application of the legal provisions. This entails considering any action or activity, falling within its scope, as an act of terrorism. - Article (3/ b) of the Law considers any act capable of destabilizing the relations of the Jordan with a foreign state an act of terrorism. Freedom of opinion and expression (art. 19) 20- It is to be indicated that Prevention of Terrorism remains in the form indicated in the answer of question 8 here-above. However, the government made modifications on this Law, and published within the draft law amending the Anti-Terrorism Law 2016 on the website of the Legislation and Opinion Bureau. The draft bill includes the following: - According to the Prevention of Terrorism Act, nearly five journalists were arrested in 2015 on charges of disturbing relations with a neighboring state or promoting the ideas of a terrorist group. However, the frequency of arresting and trying journalists under the Prevention of Terrorism Act declined in 2016; as no journalist was detained under the Prevention of Terrorism Act in that year. Among the most significant challenges faced by detainees under the Prevention of Terrorism Act , are the prolonged detention of the accused, which is, in certain cases, not based on specific regulations, and the detention process may continue until verdict is given, are t, while the Center did not observe, during its visits to prisoners of conscious and journalists - especially those arrested on charges of incitement of subverting the system of government or disturbing relations with a foreign state – that they being 19