Defendant's Rights in the Iranian High Disciplinary Court of Judges and Human Rights Instruments

The application of the rules of inquisitorial system, and the sensitivity of the pre-trial stage in gathering the evidence and the possibility of arbitrative decisions by the judicial authorities, demonstrate its importance in comparison with other proceedings. Therefore, this stage has received more attention in international human rights instruments. The High Disciplinary Court of Judges as a reference for investigating disciplinary offenses of judges has issued numerous decisions in favor of prosecuting judges violating defendants' rights and freedoms in the pre-trial stage. A review of the judges 'disciplinary procedure shows that this court has issued numerous and well-deserved verdicts guaranteeing some of the defendants' rights and freedoms in the pre-trial phase, but notwithstanding of Companionship this court with a human right court, in comparison with  human rights documents, its jurisprudence has not been able to comprehensively defend defendants' rights at this stage.