Ethical Requirements of Crime Detection from the Perspective of Human Rights Documents, Standards and Procedures

Crime detection is the first stage of a fair trial, about which several legal and ethical requirements have been raised and similar approaches in this field can be seen in human rights documents, standards and procedures. Considering the constructive role of ethical principles in the development and improvement of the fair trial process, including in the stage of crime detection, the present study investigates the ethical requirements of crime detection from the perspective of human rights documents, standards and procedures.

The present research is theoretical and the method used in it is descriptive-analytical. Information collection has also been done in a library way by referring to books, articles, documents and websites.

 In writing this article, ethical principles including fidelity, honesty and originality of the text have been observed.  

Crime detection in the judicial process, in addition to observing legal principles and rules, requires compliance with moral principles and requirements, including the prohibition of torture, the principle of acquittal and innocence of the accused, as well as the prohibition of interference in personal life. The moral obligation of prohibiting torture is the negation of any physical harassment in open and hidden dimensions which is so in conflict with fundamental human rights by using psychological methods. The principle of acquittal is a right and even a privilege for the accused, which, in addition to finding people innocent before presenting the reasons, requires the claimant to prove the reasons. The principle of prohibition of interference in private life also emphasizes the right to live freely without the illegitimate interference of individuals and public and private entities.  

Ethical requirements are the means of developing legal principles and implementing international, regional and national human rights declarations and recommendations. Meanwhile, the three principles of the prohibition of torture, the principle of innocence, as well as the prohibition of interference in the private lives of individuals, are stable and common principles in human rights documents, which, of course, need to be developed in tandem with technological and communication developments which may violate human rights in various ways during the crime detection stage. Dealing with cases of violation of the accused's rights at the stage of crime detection from a moral point of view requires serious determination and binding of human rights declarations at the global, regional and national levels.