During the performance of Oil and Gas contracts, which are usually one of the longest investment contracts, there may be incidents in which the relations between the parties and the fulfillment of obligations, change and become unstable. In order to deal with the new situation, which may prevent the fulfillment of the obligation or make its performance difficult, various theories have been expressed, which we have examined under the heading of contractual excuses. Contractual excuses, which are also considered as an exception to the principle of the necessity of contracts, have been identified under different titles and chapters in international and regional instruments, and the effects and remedies of that will also differ on the contract. In this article, while emphasizing the difference between contractual excuses from the “stabilization clause” which is used in Oil and Gas contracts, by examining the practical procedure of arranging and inserting the excuses clauses in several examples of these contracts, the authors at first try to introduce the types of terms and after pointing out the defects of each one, they have mentioned the necessary cases of amending and changing these contracts in order to comply with international and regional instruments.

On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, in this paper, the role of the Declaration in development of regional instruments and mechanisms is being examined. So far, five regions in the world (Africa, Americas, Europe, the Islamic-Arabic region and Asia-Pacific) have been inspired by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and established their regional arrangements, such as instruments and mechanisms for monitoring and enforcing human rights, including declarations, commissions and special courts of human rights. In these regional arrangements, while maintaining the principles and values set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, regional features such as philosophical foundations, values, norms, concerns and local and regional needs are taken into account. For this reason, the establishment of regional arrangements, in addition to the development of universal human rights principles, promotes the acceptance and implementation of these principles at local and regional levels.The present study demonstrates that regional human rights systems continue to strengthen the UN system in protecting and promoting human rights at the regional level and enhancing its effectiveness.

According to numerous international and regional human-rights instruments, states are obliged to respect and preserve the right to education equally and without any discrimination. Gender discrimination deprives girls and women of the right to equal education. The prohibition of gender discrimination has been directly and indirectly enshrined in regional and international instruments, and states have been called upon to provide equal access to education for all human beings. The main question of this article is about how to demand the implementation of the right to equal education from states in case of its violation. Based on this research, which has been conducted using and citing international and regional instruments, it will be argued that victims of gender discrimination can claim their rights through judicial, quasi-judicial, and non-judicial mechanisms at the regional and international level from the states.

Children are the true symbols of defenselessness in armed conflicts, to whom States have paid specific attention. International society has taken remarkable measures to protect the rights of children in armed conflicts, both on international and regional scales. Some of the related international instruments are: Declaration of the Rights of the Children (1959), Convention on the Rights of Children (1989), Geneva Convention IV Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War (1949), 1977 Protocols I and II additional to the Geneva Conventions of 1949, and the Additional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Children, adopted in 2000. There are also regional instruments, including African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (1990), European Social Charter (1996), African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa (2009), and American Convention on Human Rights (1969). The measures taken reveal the serious vulnerability of children in armed conflicts. A few States, especially African States, still do not honor their obligations to protect children. This article tries to stress the importance of the rights of children by investigating related international and regional instruments. Regarding the numerous instruments protective of the rights of children in armed conflicts, it can be concluded that the rights of children with respect to armed conflicts have been accepted worldwide, and therefore have entered into international customary law.

International protection of human rights, regardless of the global level, has also beenattended at the regional level. In this case, International regional organizations haveadopted regional instruments of human rights, which the most prominent of them arethe European, American and African human rights conventions and also IslamicDeclaration of Human Rights. These instruments for the supervision in properimplementation of human rights, Preventing any aggression and invasion to thehuman rights of citizens of member states and ultimately improving the position ofhuman rights have created a series of executive mechanisms in the regionaldimensions and Have given them jurisdictions and duties. Although, thesemechanisms by monitoring the states have brought the proper implementation of theobligations contained in the regional conventions of human rights and consequentlyhave received an acceptable report card but in practice they are facing to challenges.Undoubtedly, recognition these challenges and exit solutions from them can lead tomore effective protection of human rights at the regional level. Accordingly, thepresent article attempts to identify and consider the most important and seriouschallenges facing regional mechanisms of human rights and exit solutions of thepresent situation.

In the 17th century that with the invention of the microscope, the man realized that the surrounding world is beyond what is exposed to his senses, national and international legal systems in the third millennium are lost facing the invisible part of the Internet (Dark Web) which is an intangible, unknown, important and great phenomenon and hidden behind the veil of anonymity. They have not been able to have a specific, appropriate and comprehensive response. In this article, first of all, the need for international law to pay attention to the dark web has been examined. Then by studying international and regional instruments, interpretations, and legal scholars, the insufficient response of international law to the dark web has been criticized and the existing capacities in international law, like a non-binding instrument, soft law, and international cooperation, have been investigated. In the end, the application of these capacities in the path of achieving realistic legal frameworks of the dark web has been studied.

The international community has come a long way in recognizing women's human rights. Efforts to address sexual violence as an independent human rights crime and its reflection in international and regional instruments continue. Sexual violence and its instances before entering directly into international documents have been considered in the rulings of international criminal courts and under the criminal headings of war crimes, crimes against humanity in the framework of a systematic and widespread attack. However, its formulation as a crime against humanity due to the gross human rights abuses, irrespective of it having been perpetrated in peace or war or the aggression-victim relationship, are noteworthy innovations recognized in the 2011 Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence, known as the Istanbul Convention. This research, with a qualitative approach and descriptive-analytical method, will examine the provisions of this convention on identifying the dimensions of violence against women, the conceptual development of the crime of rape, the envisaged mechanisms including legislative, judicial and executive, the analysis and the process from globalization to the humanization of human rights, and the changing role of international law and its impact on the protection of women against violence.

As “work” is a creative, productive and transformative act, leisure activities are also an individual’s relatively spontaneous and free activity to self-recreation, self-expression and self-recovery. Several components such as reasonable working time, a specific time for rest, periodic leave, and vacations and holidays will enable workers to leisure from working and as well as  guarantee their health, safety and efficiency. International human rights law focuses on this issue and recognizes rest and leisure as a human right as provided in some universal and regional instruments. Article 24 of universal declaration of human rights and article 7 of International Covenant on Economic, Social And Cultural Rights are seen as the most important sources for this purpose. This right of the worker and the obligation of states to guarantee this right for workers ensures their human dignity. This paper analyzes the requirements of the right to rest and leisure  and examines the obligations of states to realize and ensure this right for workers.

The Internet is like a huge iceberg and the greatness of its visible part (the surface web) has enchanted mankind so much that no legal system can claim to be able to completely control or adequately and respond to. Still, the invisible part of the Internet- which is known as the "dark web" - is also crucially important and the attention paid to this subject by national and international law is very limited. This paper focuses on dark web and tries to explain the importance and necessity of paying attention to it. By studying international and regional instruments, national legislation and legal scholarship the we aim to examine the anonymity of the dark web from the perspective of international human rights. The main research question is the following: is it possible to invoke the right of anonymity in the dark web in international human rights? It is claimed that there is not sufficient evidence to validate the existence of an independent right to anonymity in international human rights law, which fully covers all dimensions of anonymity in dark web. On the other hand, the principles of international human rights law also reject the approach of banning anonymity.

The establishment of regional organizations is one of the most important tools for the economic and trade development of the commonwealth of independent States. The expansion of economic relations requires the use of tools of wealth circulation, i.e., international commercial contracts such as sale, transportation, and insurance between allied countries. In the event of a dispute between the parties over the implementation of these contracts, filing a lawsuit in the courts of each of the interested countries is a traditional and, of course, not very efficient solution. In contrast, the growing tendency of merchants to include the clause of choosing a court in contracts and agreeing on the jurisdiction of one of the competent and even incompetent courts is a relatively new and efficient method. However, the question is which regional organizations have taken steps to recognize this business practice? Also, what conditions do the instruments of these organizations provide for the validity of the mentioned agreement and the resulting jurisdiction? Finally, what is the solution to regional instruments in the event of a conflict of resources? Recognition of the status of consensual jurisdiction can be a good model for those regional organizations to which Iran is a member. In addition, identifying credible instruments in this area will assist Iranian courts in dealing with cases of enforcement of foreign judgments based on consensual jurisdiction.