جستجوی مقالات مرتبط با کلیدواژه « کنترل جرم » در نشریات گروه « علوم سیاسی »

The importance and status of criminal law is such that the fundamental values and moral realities of any society and country can be considered, so much so that if one wants to live anywhere in the world, one must learn the norms protected in the criminal law of that land. Take it and take a step in that direction. Criminal law around the world is based on principles and rules that protect human rights. The method of drafting and legislating criminal laws has its own sensitivities and methods. The legislator of criminal law should be aware of the importance and high status of his work and try his best to pass the criminal law without any objections and problems in writing and criminalizing the law, and its implementation should be clear and unambiguous for law enforcement officials.

In the last few decades, the international community has been able to establish a relative solidarity among its members by maintaining and developing common values and international public order. Crimes related to drugs and psychotropic substances threaten international order and security, as well as, the physical and mental health of individuals in most societies. Therefore, States committed themselves to combat against these organized transnational crimes. Combating to all manifestations of corruption and destruction, including the crimes related to drugs and psychotropic substances, is one of main objectives of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Therefore, In addition to accession to the relevant international treaties, there has been a decisive approach to these crimes in its agenda. However, applying corporal punishment, in particular executions, has been criticized by human rights institutions. The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, as a binding instrument for the government, prohibits the inhumane, cruel and degrading punishments and limits the use of capital punishment merely to the "most serious crimes". Whether the crimes related to drugs and psychotropic substances fall among this category of crimes has been analyzed in this Article based on international conventions, General Comments of the human rights treaty bodies, as well as, States practice. It concludes finally that, crimes related to drugs and psychotropic substances do not fall among the category of the "most serious crimes" in many cases. Therefore, it is necessary to review existing domestic laws. Until then, Iranian courts should minimize the use of corporal punishments, employing national legal capacity to avoid causing international responsibility of the State.

Criminal policy-making as a branch of public policy-making, concerns the phenomenon of criminality. Therefore criminality, various ways of its prevention, its reducing and its control, all as a part of macro policy-making process becomes a point of Focus of States. The increasing rates of crimes and its threats for society, alongside with its impacts on other policy fields (Education, Health, Welfare, etc.) have changed The Criminal Policy Making info one of the main Public Policy Fields.