Functions of insurance in strengthening and realizing policies based on sustainable development Under the supervision of human rights principles

Achieving sustainable development requires the use of various resources. For this reason, governments use a wide range of mechanisms and resources for this purpose. It is one of the imaginable mechanisms and tools to achieve the goals of sustainable development of the insurance industry. According to international documents, sustainable development can be divided into the second and third generation of human rights. Despite these international documents related to sustainable development, they have not used a clear position on insurance. Therefore, the question arises whether insurance can play a role as a tool in the light of human rights in strengthening and realizing policies based on sustainable development, and if the answer is positive, what are its functions in this regard and then there is a proposal to use insurance as a tool in Iran's 7th development program and to strengthen the principles of human rights such as equality. This research, using a descriptive-analytical method, has investigated the relationship between sustainable development and insurance and imaginable approaches and has addressed the types of functions that insurance can adopt to achieve sustainable development. This research concludes that despite the functional differences between insurance and sustainable development, this industry has potential and flexibility that can be used as a complementary tool to realize sustainable development policies and strengthen human rights.