o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o substantive, active and passive competences including universal competence ; Adaptation of procedural rules in combating terrorism ; Enhancing the powers of the investigating judge in the collection of evidence or computerized data In connection with offences relating to cybercrime ; Removal of the power of the investigating judge of a departmental court to issue an order of committal or arrest warrant; Prohibition of re-committal to custody ; Adaptation of the summons procedure based on the investigating officer’s report ; Obligation of the Public Prosecutor to initiate proceedings against the person caught in the act within a precise timeframe, failing which the committal order loses its validity ; Extension of the 7-year penalty period for illegal trafficking of migrants or human trafficking ; Mediation in criminal cases ; Possibility for the judge exercising criminal jurisdiction, where necessary, in case of discharge, to automatically award compensatory damages based on a civil wrong, ; Transfer of authority from minors’ court to a departmental court for correctional cases and this is purposely intended to bring justice closer to accused persons ; Possibility of the PP to officially communicate with the media (press updates, press releases, etc.); Establishment of criminal chambers within regional courts and holding of quarterly sittings to replace the Assizes Courts ; Possibility for civil society organizations to institute criminal proceedings and to join a civil action to the proceedings ; Need for a lawyer to be present in the early stages (4 to 24 hours) of remand in custody ; Need to prevent and sanction violations of secrecy of inquiries and investigations ; Removal of the power of the PP to remand somebody in custody ; Regulating the modalities for controlling or ascertaining one’s identity by the police and the gendarmerie ; Establishment of a national centre for crime control ; Incorporation of age in the definition of rape ; Establishment of the right of the counsel to procure a copy of the criminal case file at his own expense ; 236. The new criminal code and criminal procedure code should be adopted in the course of this year. (d) Special status of the CSDH : 52