National Center for Human Rights has criticized the executive authority for not trialing any one in the year 2009 by the amended article number 208 of the penal code, despite signing on the international agreement against torture.

The center considered that the amendments of the article 208 by the temporary law number 49 for the year 2007 did not meet the expectations hoped of it and did not get along with the provisions of the international agreement against torture. The torture has been considered a Misdemeanor and not a felony according to the agreement.