Criminal Law
mohsen Rahimi; majid shayeghanfard; Abbas Sheikholeslami,
Abstract
Freedom of belief and religion is one of the fundamental rights and basic principles in legal-political systems. The recognition of the right to be a religious minority and to be free to change religion One of the rights known as freedom of belief, which is one of the civil and political human rights.In ...
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Freedom of belief and religion is one of the fundamental rights and basic principles in legal-political systems. The recognition of the right to be a religious minority and to be free to change religion One of the rights known as freedom of belief, which is one of the civil and political human rights.In this article, with a descriptive-analytical approach and with a library and documentation method, we are looking to analyze the relationship between Iran's criminal laws and the citizens' right to freedom of belief and religion. For this purpose, looking at the international documents and the constitution of Iran, approaches supporting and violating the freedom of belief have been reviewed in the criminal laws of Iran.The findings of this study show that the legislator in the constitution has an overall conception of the right to freedom of belief and religion. In criminal laws, there are also cases of violating the rights of religious minority groups and using unfair discrimination against them.In the Islamic Penal Code, there are articles to protect citizens who have a religion different from the majority and prohibition of discrimination based on belief but these guarantees are not sufficient and comprehensive and do not include all minorities and There are no rights for minorities that are not mentioned in the constitution.
