Reem Al Salem, an independent expert of the international body, believes that the unwanted reduction of sentences "could have been avoided if more attention had been paid to the voices of the different stakeholders" The statement of this independent expert comes the first of the two days in which the Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court meets to establish criteria for the reductions of sentences. Until May 1, there are 1,079 sentence reductions and 108 releases of sex offenders, according to the latest balance of the General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ)