The privacy observance of home, correspondence and conversations in the case law of the European Court of Human Rights with a glance to Iran's criminal procedure law

Privacy is a prevalent concept but almost unknown meaning that there has not been any exact and comprehensive definition regarding. In article 8 of the European convention of human rights, without any definition on this phrase, the Instances of this privacy have been introduced by the terms of private life, family life, home and correspondence.
The European court of human rights as the convention commentator institution, Meanwhile expanding the instances of home and correspondence has allowed the member states to intervene individuals home and correspondence, on the basis of supporting the society if necessary, based on law and in the event of the determined aims in article 8 of European convention. Although the presented comments and case law of European court in this context shows that in contrast of individuals rights with the interests of society, superiority is marked In favor of the rights of individuals.
In the present article in a descriptive-analytic fashioned way by considering decisions of the European Court of protection of human rights and by the aim of comparing that with Iranian criminal procedure provisions in the privacy of home, correspondence and conversations we reached to conclusion that although the Iranian legislator has tried to show his commitment to respect the rights of individuals, but the ambiguity of some phrases and the broad powers granted to the judicial authority has caused the rights and freedoms of individuals to be in the exposure of danger, In this respect, Requires amendments in the code of Criminal Procedure as the amendment of article 60 in determining sanction for the police abuse, amendment of article 140 by way of expanding night search and amendment of article 144 about determining instances of army forces presence.