Law No 040 of 29 May, 2019 on the Code of Criminal Procedure Code in Burkina Faso was promulgated on 24 June, 2019. It includes several sections, chapters and articles, and makes provisions on diverse issues on the criminal procedures, such as guiding principles of criminal procedure, duties of the Minister in charge of justice, public action, civil action and instruction; extraordinary remedies and jurisdictions of judgments. It also makes provisions on some special procedures, notably the procedure applicable to offenses under the competence of specialized judicial pools; provisions specific to children, as well as provisions relating to violence against women and girls, torture and similar practices.