The position of women's political rights in the Charter of Citizenship Rights

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mohsen emami qashlaq ¹ , arezo hoseinie ²

1 - Assistant Professor of Law, Urmia Branch, Islamic Azad University, Urmia, Iran (Corresponding Author)
2 - Graduate of Master of Public Law, Urmia Branch, Islamic Azad University, Urmia, Iran.

Received: 2020-08-18 Accepted : 2020-09-23 Published : 2020-11-21

Keywords: Political Rights, Human Rights, Citizenship Rights, Non-Discrimination, women's rights,

Abstract :

Political rights mean that a person can participate in the socio-political life of his country by electing rulers, political officials, or in holding political and social jobs in his country, or expressing his ideas well in free assemblies; Thus, the Charter of Citizenship Rights reflects the government's concern in raising public awareness of citizenship rights and institutionalizing respect for human rights. In this regard, one of the most important issues of the Charter of Citizenship is the issue of women's rights. Accordingly, the purpose of this article is to review and analyze the degree of attention to women's citizenship rights in the dictionary of the Charter of Citizenship Rights. The above study shows that women's citizenship rights have been considered to an acceptable extent in the Charter of Citizenship Rights. However, there is no guarantee of proper implementation on the one hand and some practical and executive challenges on the other hand. Has faced serious obstacles.