The Role of Media in Judicial Transparency

The principle of tangible justice requires legal proceedings to enjoy sufficient level of transparency. The principle is viewed as underlying a key human right as a general presumption that there is to be judicial openness as a firm rule, with secret or obscured proceedings to be considered exceptional, requiring justifiable grounds. The present paper investigates the human rights role of media in the judicial system and examines both the challenges and the benefits of such mechanism in Iranian courts of law. The paper begins with an overview of the concept of judicial corruption and explores the Iranian laws as to discuss the applicability of media in the judicial system of Iran. Making reference to the role of media in Iran’s recent lawmaking developments including penal procedural law 2013 and the penal code of 2013, It concludes with proposing a number of recommendations on the subject.