Comparative Assessment of Penal Responsibility Age, According to Islamic Jurisprudent, International Documents and Islamic Penal Code 2013

The Islamic jurisprudence has not been able to determine a fixed age regarding puberty; this is a natural fact, since issues like inheritance, climatic conditions, cultural and social interactions, contribute to this phenomenon. Some Islamic Jurists(Foghaha) consider the crime committed by members of this age group the same as penal responsibility, but this view is not absolute and has some restrictions like physical growth and mental perfection of the subjects, The Islamic Penal code of 2013, with due respect to Imamiye school of jurisprudence, intemational documents and legal sources has adopted an approach in relation to the previous measures and has registered advances in this respect, to name one, the acceptance of gradual penal responsibility among the said subjects, It should be noted that, the criticism on the issue of this age (Puberty penal age) as low and the possibility of their conviction to become punished holds true regarding this code. Attempt is made in this article to assess and analyze the penal responsibility of this age group, regarding their penalties with possible convictions to retaliation or limit and… on the basis of Imamiye school, Iranian laws and International documents.