Crimes against humanity in Myanmar and the need to criminalize it in Iranian law and the need to criminalize it in Iranian law
Subject Areas : Journal of Law and Politics
sajjad
rahmati
1
(PhD student, Criminal Law and Criminology, Maragheh Branch, Islamic Azad University, Maragheh, Iran)
Jamal
Begi
2
(Associate Professor, Department of Criminal Law and Criminology, Maragheh Branch, Islamic Azad University, Maragheh, Iran)
babak
poorgahremani
3
(Associate Professor, Department of Criminal Law and Criminology, Maragheh Branch, Islamic Azad University, Maragheh, Iran)
Keywords: criminalization, Regulations of Myanmar, Regulations of Iran, Crimes against Humanity,
Abstract :
Crimes against humanity are crimes that occur at the national and international level, the basis of its criminalization is the protection of human rights, and it includes crimes that violate human values and international rules. And the reason for its criminalization is the international criminal protection of society's interests and legal principles that are respected by the international community. In order to deal with crimes against humanity, international organizations have compiled the statute of the International Criminal Court so that there is an executive guarantee for the crimes committed. Most governments have criminalized these crimes in their criminal laws. However, it is not foreseen in the criminal laws of Myanmar, but the examples of crimes against humanity are counted in it. In the criminal law of Iran, there is no independent criminalization in this case, and the perpetrators of crimes against humanity are prosecuted according to the statute of the International Criminal Court. Therefore, this article seeks to examine crimes against humanity in Myanmar's criminal law and the necessity of the crime. It is modeled on Iranian law, and the research method is descriptive and analytical, and information gathering is phishing. The method of carrying out the research was qualitative and the findings of the research indicate that crimes against humanity are not criminalized independently in the law of Iran and Myanmar, but in Iranian law, examples include; Murder, rape, illegal detention, torture have been criminalized.
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