12. Organic Law No. 53 and Organic Law No. 17 of 2014 established a special regimefor the operation of the specialized criminal chambers, which differed significantly from theexisting criminal legal framework in that, under Organic Law No. 53, the authority of theTruth and Dignity Commission to investigate crimes and determine which cases would bereferred to the chambers was normally entrusted to the Office of the Public Prosecutor,
2 See communication TUN 1/2018 and the State response thereto. Available at https://spcommreports.ohchr.org/Tmsearch/TMDocuments.