The Challenges of the Life Imprisonment; A View to the International Criminal Law

Increasing attention to the balance of human rights after the Second World War has a direct and perceivable impact on the process of the punishments. The abolition of the death penalty was a milestone of this effect in the international criminal courts. The milestone of this effect can be observed the abolition of the death penalty in the international criminal courts in former Yugoslavia and Rwanda. The more and highly attention is considered to the subject and the life imprisonment punishment (for the abolition of the death penalty) with regarding the special effects of the life imprisonment punishment in some countries. While in the National societies، the impacts are more colorful and at last leaded to eliminate the life imprisonment punishment in some countries، the elimination of this penalty is confronted the challenges. Supporters and opponents of this penalty put their main emphasis on the arguments of human rights. Supporters regarding the international serious crimes and the necessity of protecting victims believe this penalty is acceptable. Whereas opponents insist on the excessive awful effect، they believe the life imprisonment is a gradual death of the convicts and do not accept. There is a moderate opinion in this problem with normalization and considerations that the writer affirmed.