فرزانه پورسعید

The outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, whether naturaly or designed in biological laboratories with strategic goals, is an alarm bell in regard to biological threats. Extensive development of biological sciences and the possibility of genetic manipulations remind us of the possibility of genocide and generational abuse, and the increasing threats of bio-terrorism intensify this concern. This demonstrates the necessity  to strengthen the universal efforts for the destruction of biological weapons and their agents. The main obligations under the biological weapons prohibition system are outlined in the 1972 Convention on Prevention of Biological Weapons (BWC). But the lack of oversight by the monitoring body, as well as the lack of sufficient and independent guarantees to monitor violations of obligations, have made the effect of its function impaired and ambiguous. Identifying biological scientists, compiling codes of conduct and limiting terrorists access are among the strategies that can be made possible only in a new multilateral and comprehensive instrumentt which includes provision of an independent international monitoring body and sufficient guarantees.

The International Labor Organization (ILO) is one of the oldest international organizations and with its unique tripartite structure, was established a century ago. The strategic purposes of the ILO, as the first UN specialized agency, have been to promote international labor standards (ILS), to pave the way for attaining decent work, to improve social security, and to strengthen tripartite bodies and structures. The ILO has adopted more than 200 Conventions. Despite its success, the ILO has received thousands of complaints on non-observance of the ILS. These complaints raise the question: what are the obstacles to observing the ILS? This research paper is based on the thesis that some challenges restrict the implementation of ILS. These challenges mainly relate to the extent of ILO jurisdiction, the lack of universal ratification of ILO Conventions, globalization, complexity of certain ILS and also their supervisory system. This paper, using a descriptive – analytical method, examines these challenges and suggests mechanisms to remove them.

Examination the previous global crisis indicates this basic point that governments can't on their own overcome the challenges stemming from strong shocks. Given the unprecedented nature of the crisis caused by the covid-19 pandemic, social dialogue involving governments and employer’s and worker’s representative organization is more important than ever. International labour standards contain specific guidance for safeguarding decent work in the context of crisis response including covid-19 pandemic. The necessity of social dialogue to response crisis and the key role of workers’ and employers’ organization is highlighted in currently international labour standards. The international labour organization’s recommendation 205 adopted in 2017, the international labour organization calls on governments to recognize this role within the framework of freedom of association and the right of association and collective bargaining contained in the 87 and 98 international labour conventions. this paper examines this issue with a descriptive-analytical method. It is obvious that effective social negotiation of labour and employer’s organizations has contributed to strategic measures to overcome the current challenges caused by the crisis and will lead to economic resilience, the sustainability of enterprises and the effective implementation of support for the employer community.

The emergence of the Corona pandemic )covid-19( in early 2020 has made the need for the development of humanitarian strategies in Crisis more obvious. The international labour system at this time is facing a more serious challenge of decent and future work. In the current situation, standards such as employment, health and safety and workers support, especially for a special group of migrants, women, children and other vulnerable groups, have become very important. crisis resilience, on the other hand requires recognizing and implementing opportunities to meet global standards and on the other hand, has made it necessary to close gaps and challenges in their implementation. This paper uses a descriptive-analytical approach to analyze the effects on the corona crisis on the global standards in the field of Labour and Employment and concludes that Corona pandemic is an emerging example of the crisis and future challenges of work that, because it has transformed employment in on unpredictable way, forces the word system to adopt a policy. approaches such as plotting future jobs, standardizing and reviewing global labour norms, including work arrangement (Telework), and supporting workers and workplaces will be a key resilience strategy in the current crisis.

In recent decades, the concept and nature of international security has been evolved through the emergence of terrorist non-State actors and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) so that access to WMD by such non-State actors has become a serious threat for the international community. The lack of provisions in international documents on the prevention of WMD to deal with such threat has made the international community to take special steps in preventing access to WMD by terrorist non-State actors. Notwithstanding these international efforts has not resulted in complete removal of supervisory challenges regarding such non-State actors. In this framework, this paper, using descriptive and analytical method, examines supervisory challenges in prevention of terrorist non-State access to WMD and concludes that the removal of these challenges requires globalization of international obligations, universal and complete co-ordination and co-operation among States, international organs and organisations and the managers of the respective industries in standardization of securing the WMD related materials and supervision over their establishment. As an essential strategy, adoption of a special and comprehensive international convention on the prevention of terrorist non-State actors to access WMD has been suggested in this paper.

This paper studies how human rights and peace affect each other. The historical experiences of human societies have indicated that peace and human rights have had close connections to each other. These experiences have developed in the modern times so that nations and states are in the view that human rights and peace are complementary. Accordingly, achieving real and sustainable peace is impossible without respecting human rights and it cannot expect that human rights are fully respected if there is no peace. This interrelation has developed nowadays in a way that today the right to peace has become one of the examples of the third generation of human rights and a fundamental human right. This means that it is not possible to realise other human rights without realising such a right. In other words, the right to peace constitutes the basis of other human rights. This is because the first generation of human rights (that is civil and political rights) and the second generation of human rights (that is economic, social and cultural rights) and even the third generation of human rights (such as the right to development and the right to a healthy environment) cannot be realised if the right to peace is not respected. It is in this context that this paper examines such documents as the Charter of the United Nations (UN), The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the UN Covenants on Human Rights, related resolutions of the UN general Assembly (in particular Declaration on the Rights of People to Peace – Resolution 39/11, 12 November 1984, and Resolution on Promotion of Peace as a Vital Requirement for the Full Enjoyment of All Human Rights by All –Resolution 62/163, 18 December 2007) and resolutions of the UN Human Rights Commission and of the UN Human Rights Council in order to demonstrate how human rights and peace have been considered as dependent on each other so that the existence of one depends on the existence of the other. Finally, this paper concludes that full respect of human rights is not possible without peace and it is impossible to achieve sustainable and real peace in the world without fully respecting human rights. Accordingly, nations and states should make their best efforts to strengthen peace in the world through respecting human rights and to pave the way for realisation of human rights in the world by maintaining international peace and security. It is certain that human rights can be respected more effectively when states are in peace with each other. It is in such universal society that the interests of all nations are guaranteed and safeguarded.