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Acid attack, as an anti-social behaviour, is a serious crime with severe punishment under legal systems.The severe damage caused to the public order, and the harm caused to the victims necessitates severe punishment imposed on the the perpetrator and supportive measures provided for the victim.This paper examines the measures taken by the newly enacted law in attempt to prevent the commission of this heinous crime and to support victims.By adopting a descriptive and analytical method, this paper considers the legislative background of this crime, and examines its constituent elements under the new law.It examines the effect of aggravation of punishment, prohibition of applying leniency institutions, aggravation of abettor's punishment and adoption of preventive measures in reducing the occurrence of this crime. The paper emphasizes the need to provide physical and psychological support to the victims, which was not provided in previous legislation.The conclusion is that, in spite of the positive steps taken in the newly enacted law, in the sense of increasing the punishment, and providing supportive measures , further measures are still needed to ensure the prevention, and especially situational prevention of this crime such as identification of acid buyers and registration of such transactions

The present study has answered the this question: How and on what initiative do judges provide the context for the application of restorative programs in juvenile criminal courts? Restorative interpretations of legal provisions such as referral to mediation in all Ta'zirat offenses, weakening of the constituent elements of the crime, use of the legal capacity of a conditional or suspended pardon, and obtaining the plaintiff's consent after the announcement of the end of the proceedings and before the verdict; are Judicial initiatives. Also, the replacement of similar institutions with unimpeded legal establishments such as the establishment of the Peace Council and the social work unit, the referral of mediation to counter with closed- case policy _to believe the number of closed case as the criterion for the efficiency of judicial system instead of quality of decision making_ and the cooperation with the lawyers of the Association for the Protection of Children's Rights to solve the problems caused by the undesirable quality of defense lawyers are structural initiatives to avoid obstacles.

The subject of the present article is to examine the evolution of corporal punishment in the first decade of the Islamic Revolution and to analyze the factors affecting it. To achieve this goal, various documents have been referred to. Also, the role of different socio-political forces and the space and context of society, have been analyzed in the evolution of the discourse governing corporal punishment. The results of the research show that in the case of corporal punishment, three different discourses can be identified in the first decade of the revolution. The discourse of Sharia orientedness shows itself immediately after the victory of the revolution, as a result of which corporal punishment is carried out on a large scale and with an ideological reading of religion. The second period began a few months after the revolution and continued until the ratification of the penal code. The third period, which begins in 1982 with the ratification of criminal law, is the period of consolidation of the discourse of legalism on corporal punishment. Each of the above discourses is first described and the reason for evolution of these discourses is analyzed with regard to sociological perspective.

"Obligation to extradition or prosecute" is one of the legal mechanisms to deal with international crimes such as genocide (genocide), war crimes and torture, as well as to combat the bribery of perpetrators of these acts internationally and not only to criminal justice but also as a means The deterrent implies ensuring non-repetition of these crimes in the future.In 2012, the International Court of Justice issued its ruling on the issue of prosecution or extradition in the Belgian case against Senegal. The Court reviewed the various aspects of this matter, including the customary status of an obligation to extradite or trial, to link this commitment to global jurisdiction and universal obligations. The Court refused to confirm the status of a customary obligation to extradite or prosecute, and considered universal jurisdiction a condition for the fulfillment of this obligation. Moreover, it stated that this commitment was a collective commitment of the group, and the Belgian government, not as a failed state, but as a non-government, has the right to invoke the responsibility of the Senegalese government. This research seeks to examine some of the important sections of the Court's judgment and its criticisms.

Analogy as an applied matter does not have the same credibility in the logic and the different areas of the contemporary international law system. In international criminal law, like most domestic legal systems which interdict analogical reasoning in criminal law, according to art.22 (2) Rome Statute of the ICC:the definition of a crime shall be strictly construed and shall not be extended by analogy. Nevertheless, in the international community as evolving, Criminal rules are not always able to accommodate all the crimes that occur.Hence,the lack of comprehensiveness of law and the emergence of new issues,as well as the use of ambiguous terms such as "other inhuman acts" in most of international criminal documents, made it inevitable to use analogy in international criminal law,not only as a useful tool in identifying applicable rules, but also as a form of interpretation.However,the authors believe that the use of analogy in international criminal proceedings does not have the power to make new crimes and imposes punishment without resorting to a valid criminal code. In addition to expressing a normative framework for analogical reasoning in international criminal law,this article analyzes the role of analogy in the decision-making processes of the international criminal courts and Tribunals

The expansion of international protection of human rights norms and the birth of new forms of crime have led to profound changes in various areas of Criminal law. Regulation and ratification of international documents with the aim of eliminating the legal vacuums and promoting harmonization in the national criminal law systems and in order to create and promote effective criminal responses to such crimes has replaced the classical Criminal law mechanisms. But, the actions of some states in absorbing and integrating the acts determined in international documents have not been in line with the purposes of these documents in the global confrontation with the violation of international norms.Using descriptive and analytical method, this study seeks to investigate the obstacles to this alignment in both political and legal fields. The findings show that the structural changes of the UN in promoting the decisive role of states, increasing convergence at the regional level consequently increasing the influence of policy-making in the international arena, the flexibility of national criminal law systems with the international documents and the maximum use of reservation right will be effective in increasing alignment in the agreed areas and reducing the complexities arising from these obstacles.

Among the many areas in which the Martens’ Clause has been raised, great attention to international criminal law is of particular importance. Because in this context, the Martens' Clause and its elements, especially the principles of humanity and public conscience, as a rational solution that stems from the most sublime aspects of human dignity,has been manifested by an extensive interpretation in criminalizing the attack to human values, combating impunity and prosecution of perpetrators of international crimes.Additional attention to the Clause and the identification of its constituent elements, in international criminal law in theory and practice, it further reveals the high position of human beings in contemporary international law. International criminal tribunal have made effective inferences by using the capacities of the Clause and its effective role in the interpretation process, clarifying the content of the rules, blowing the spirit of innovation and the element of advancement into the international criminal law,filling gaps and eliminating the ambiguity in the international provisions, that make it possible to understand the content, and its legal functions.Therefore,the authors argue that a proper application of the Clause in international criminal jurisprudence will lead to the emergence of other principles and rules in international law.