The Grounds for Supporting Human Rights in the Structure of Islamic Government

Islamic government is the most appropriate model for realizing real and transcendent human rights due to the unique features of its structure. The structure of Islamic government is designed in such a way that it can, with the sanctions it has, realize Islam's legal system which includes the most excellent human rights with the sanctions it enjoys. The present paper confirms this point, taking into consideration the main features of Islamic government, such as theocentricism, guardianship-orientation, democracy, flexibility, and dynamism, as well as the characteristics which the personnel’s of Islamic government enjoy, such as piety, justice, knowledge of divine law, efficiency, expertise, trustworthiness, and sociability.