Situation during visit (A/HRC/4/33/Add.3) criminals, and the system of internal special courts served only to shield security officials from justice. Steps taken in previous years (to be found in A/HRC/7/3/Add.2, Information received in the reporting A/HRC/10/44/Add.5 and A/HRC/16/52/Add.2) period based on the Jordanian Constitution. The State Security Court has limited authority over limited criminal offences against the country‘s security and public order. The litigation procedures of the special courts and the regular courts are similar. Public prosecutors apply the provisions of the articles set forth in the Criminal Proceedings Law No. 9 of 1961. By virtue of article 159 of this law, the court does not accept a proof or evidence that has been obtained under any kind of physical or mental coercion and considers it false and of no legal effect. A complainant has the right to challenge his statement before the prosecutor and court if he believes that it was obtained through physical or mental coercion by the law enforcement unit. The decisions of the special court are subject to appeal before the Court of Cassation, which is classified as a court of merit and court of law, and a trial or any of its stages can be voided if it was proved to be in violation of the Criminal Proceedings Law. - The Court of Cassation handed down a number of rulings annulling the verdicts of these courts because defendants had been put under physical and mental duress during questioning. Non-governmental sources: There have been some steps to bring perpetrators to justice. e) An effective and independent - Article 107 of the Code of - The PSD established a radio station through complaints system for torture and Criminal Procedure (CCP), which all complaints were directly aired and abuse leading to criminal guaranteed every prisoner the appropriate solutions sought; and installed investigations be established. right to complain to prison complaints boxes in various prisons under the authorities, who have to direct supervision of the PSD‘s Office of forward the complaint to the Complaints and Human Rights. Public Prosecutor. - The Ministry of Justice created a complaints - When allegations of torture mechanism and allocated qualified personnel to A/HRC/19/61/Add.3 150 Recommendation (A/HRC/4/33/Add.3)