فصلنامه پژوهش حقوق عمومی
سال بیست و دوم شماره 68 (پاییز 1399)

One of the requirement of a democratic society is that any governing body arising from the people and authorities must be accountable to the people or their representatives for their conducts. ‌‌‌Therefore, the president, as the political official responsible over the government, namely as the management of the Executive Power and the administration of executive affairs of the country must be accountable to the Islamic Consultative Assembly of Iran. The Constitution has implemented certain procedures for the accountability of the president, for instance, interpellation and vote of incompetence. To explain this, the Constitution is permitting the Islamic Consultative Assembly to investigate the executive incompetence of the President, namely the Continuity and durability of his management capabilities and prudence. In this study, three main sources are used to take a closer look at the incompetency of a President including the transcripts of the discussions held in the Assembly of Final Investigation of the Constitution; Council for Revision of the Constitution; and the negotiations on the political incompetence of the first President of Iran.

One of the manifestations of rule of law is constitutionalism that entered into legal-political arena in the 18th century. Henceforth, many countries have considered the Constitution as the main manifestation of constitutionalism. Accordingly, Algeria and Iran had their own Constitution in 1963 and 1906 respectively for the first time. Their Constitutions needed support from a superior independent institution. The first Algerian Constitution appointed constitutional council as centralized and expert institution to take charge of basic hearing. However, the first Iranian Constitution embraced sharia hearing institution and basic hearing was not in Iranian Constitution until 1979. In general, the nature at basic hearing divided into political and legal parts. The structure of this research is based on the aforementioned classification. The main object of the research is to demonstrate the nature of basic hearing in Algeria and Iran by using documentary method to analyze and to explain the nature of institution that supervises the execution of the Constitution. The results show the multi–dimensional nature of these two institutions.

The main focus of this research is on the nature and origin of rights. Jeremy Bentham totally rejects the notion of extra-legal rights. For him, it is only legal rights that are valid and imply a benefit for its holders. Sayyid Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei's believed that rights’ validity derives from the religious lawmaker. He authenticates rights for reasons which seem to be individuals’ interests. In this paper, it will be shown that Bentham and Khoei, at least on the formation basis of rights, have similar analysis of the concept of rights: they both consider rights as valid due to the lawmaker’s authentication to the benefits of individuals, legally sanctioned in the form of duties. Accordingly, it shall be emphasized that the mentioned writers think along similar lines on the relationship between rights and law. Nevertheless, differences and also consequences of these two analytical theories of rights are too serious to be overshadowed by their mentioned similarity.

One of the mechanisms that is foreseen in the Iranian legal system to monitor retirement funds and to create synergies between them is the aggregation of retirement funds. Combining funds in terms of pooling of funds by maintaining their own legal personality under the supervision of a superior institution will lead tomultiple desirable effects. The present article, which aims to study the feasibility of aggregation of Iranian retirement funds, has been reviewed in three sections in order to examine the necessities, sources and authorities and the obstacles before aggregating funds. The results suggest that it is necessary for their integration in the current situation due to the lack of coordination between the funds, the lack of effective monitoring thereof, as well as the disregard of some government policies by the funds. However, although the legal framework for this action is largely available in Iran, there are obstacles such as the conflict of aggregation with the independence of the funds, the conflict with the policy of downsizing the government and the disapproval of high-ranking officilas.

The entry of foreign private individuals into the contract with the Administration is always accompanied by this concern that the Administration by using its instruments of governance, violates the terms of equality of the parties at the time of concluding the contract and will do such acts like the unilateral change and termination of the contract. To overcome this concern, the types of stabilization clauses in foreign investment contracts are inserted, which seek to preserve the terms of the contract in time of concluding and to prohibit the Administration from changing the terms after the conclusion of the contract. This article by using a descriptive and analytical method seeks to answer the correctness of the inclusion of stabilization clauses in foreign investment contracts in light of administrative rules and principles. Findings show that the inclusion of the conditions of stability in particular types of words, freezing, non-interference and non-compliance with the principle of rule of law, the principle of competence and the principle of equal alignment of public interest and public authority are in contrary with the administrative contracts and the principle of compatibility and non-violation of the stabilization clauses in terms of economic equilibrium with principles governing administrative contracts.

After half a century from the first provisions on air pollution of Iranian cities in the Amendment of Some Provisions and Addendum of New Provisions to the Municipal Act of 1967 and on the basis of experiences gained from 22-year enforcement of the Prevention of Air Pollution Act of 1995, the Iranian legislative and executive branches passed the Clean Air Act in 2017. Although the Clean Air Act contains many innovations and strengths, unfortunately, this Act has also some weaknesses and irregularities which failure to eliminate them would make its implementation hard and its success impossible. Some of the most important irregularities and weaknesses of this Act that will be examined in this paper include the following: reducing the speed of the detection of emergency situations of air pollution and taking necessary measures in these situations; conflicts and overlapping between some of its Provisions, underestimating the social, economic and political consequences of combating air pollution in some cases; failure to grant the general right of public interest litigation to the Department of Environment; numerous irregularities in criminal provisions, notably the lack of prediction of prompt judicial proceedings and non-use of imprisonment punishment, and finally; ambiguity in some Provisions of the said Act.

Sustainable development of the oceans and regulating the seas by the application of the rule of law is considered as one of the most recent phenomena in the field of international law of the sea. Because of the exacerbated challenges and threats posed on the marine environment and the growing decline in genetic resources due to the expansion of human activities, the international community’s concerns about occurring environmental crises for future generations and the threat posed on the principles of intergenerational equity and the common heritage of mankind have been increasing. Therefore, the conservation and sustainable exploitation of marine biodiversity and genetic resources in areas beyond national jurisdiction in recent years have attracted the attention of the UN General Assembly. Therefore, it seems necessary that the legal regime governing biodiversity to be set out by a legally binding instrument under the Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) through the consensus of all states. The following research, while outlining the international legal regime governing marine biodiversity, examines the legal effects and outputs arising out of the implementation of the doctrine of the common heritage of mankind on marine genetic resources in areas beyond national jurisdiction.

On 20 June, 2019, a U.S. drone was shot down by the Iranian forces while spying above the Iran’s territory. It is said by the Iranian officials that the drone ignored the warning signals. Under the 1944 Chicago Convention, military and civilian aircrafts including drones shall be flown over territories of a contracting State with a special authorization of that State. The 1993 Act on the Marine Areas of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the Persian Gulf and the Oman Sea, also excluded the passage of foreign vessels aimed at collecting information prejudicial to the national security, defense or economic interests of Iran as an innocent passage. Further, under article 39(1)b of the 1982 Law of the Sea Convention, during the transit passage, ships and aircrafts shall “refrain from any threat or use of force against the sovereignty, territorial integrity or political independence of States bordering the strait, or in any other manner in violation of the principles of international law embodied in the Charter of the United Nations”. The entering into the territory of Iran by the U.S. drone which was with the purpose of collecting information from the army targets was prejudicial to the Iranian national interest. Iran`s reaction in shooting down of the drone is compatible with the inherent right of self-defense enshrined in article 51 of the UN Charter. As a result, the Iranian government could use force based on the self-defense principle.

UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies play an essential role in the promotion of State parties’ compliance with international human rights treaties, through examination of complaints filed pursuant to individual communications procedure. These bodies, despite of their quasi-judicial function, are allowed to request interim measures in order to preserve the rights of the individuals claiming of being violated until the final views on the relevant communications are adopted.  Whereas, final views adopted by Treaty Bodies are not per se binding and considering the lacuna in their founding instruments and rules of procedure, it is to be seen whether or not interim measures requested by these Bodies could be considered as having a binding force. In the present article, the legal nature of interim measures issued by the UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies is reviewed in light of legal doctrine and the jurisprudence of the said Bodies.

There are occasions when several human rights are to be enforced at the same time, but the exercise of all may not be possible in certain circumstances i. e., exercising a right by violating another one, known as the "conflict of human rights". In today’s world, where human rights are a concern of governments and international organizations, and these rights have established a fundamental place in international documents and rules, the "conflict of human rights" would be regarded as a major challenge for the executives, including governments and the judiciary. Therefore, adopting a method to prevent or eliminate this challenge is vital. Achieving a suitable solution to face this challenge requires an explanation of the concept of human rights and awareness of its divisions, including absolute and non-derogable rights. A review of these divisions illustrates the point of conflict, which will help to resolve the dispute henceforth. In this article, while analyzing various solutions that have been proposed for resolving this problem, it is indicated that in different cases, depending on their circumstances, it is necessary to adopt a suitable solution or a combination of several ones to achieve the best result.

The Hirmand International River is a border river between Afghanistan and Iran, whose source originated on the territory of Afghanistan, and has been one of the legal-political subjects between Iran and Afghanistan since the signing of the Paris Convention of 1857. Afghanistan's goal is to provide water for drinking, agriculture, industry, hydroelectric power, flood control, and so on. However, the environmental impacts of these dam construction on the domestic and international levels are controversial. Reducing Iran's right to water leads to drought and desertification, reducing local food products, poverty of marginalized communities and migration, changing the livelihoods of some inhabitants of the region from agriculture, hunting and fishing to illegal activities such as Robbery, kidnapping, drug trafficking, goods and fuel. The paper uses a descriptive-analytical method to explain the international law of Afghanistan's international obligations regarding the use of Hirmand through the use of judicial and judicial procedures. It concludes that the Government of Afghanistan is committed to using its customary commitments to use the Hirmand River fairly and reasonably so that it does not seriously impair the downstream state (Iran), and in addition, solving this problem requires the cooperation of each Two countries.

Sometimes the experience of women is an unpleasant combination of marginalization, violence and cultural domination. To ethically encounter with this situation, one approach is equality; however, its content is controversial due to its open source text. Equality is a descriptive concept, and normative; within the form of a descriptive concept, it refers to a descriptive relationship between two individuals who are similar in some respects. In the normative sense, that belongs to the world of credit and prescribes a particular behavior to all, it is related to our understanding of what should be and is based on desired value which is often "justice". In international law, among the three discourses of equality (capabilities, rights and human capital), the rights is recognized in the framework of the primary rules and through treaties, custom and judicial procedures, which are the formal sources of this legal system, but fails in the actual sources of international law and its secondary rules .This research, by descriptive-analytic approach, shows equality as a legal general principle; its forms, and its relation to the concepts such as discrimination, difference, agency, empowerment and investigates its position among the primary and secondary rules of international law.

Creation of Marine Protected Areas on the High Seas is one of the United Nations goals in new executive agreement that its dimensions are subject of this study. Main question is that the UN's ahead Challenges in the creation and management of Marine Protected Areas on the High Seas? Findings of this study indicate that the achievement of this goal requires the prediction of effective enforcement mechanisms and the obligation of all governments and the International Maritime Organization, Regional Fisheries Management Organizations and the International Seabed Authority to identify, implement and adhere to constraints governing of Marine Protected Areas on the High Seas. However, the requirement and coordination between different parts of the law of the seas faces challenges that are rooted in dispersed, different, and inconsistent mechanisms. Establishing a consensus and balance between ahead capacities and covering it in High Seas requires a present missing’ serious will and consensus.