Criminal Law
Mohammadali Ardebili; Mohammad Ali Mahdavi Sabet,; HOJAT NAJARZADEH AHARI
Abstract
In United Nations Convention Against Corruption and other international conventions and National law having a wealth without justification by public officials it has been introduced as one of the examples of corruption. Wealth without justification or disproportionate is said to be disproportionate to ...
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In United Nations Convention Against Corruption and other international conventions and National law having a wealth without justification by public officials it has been introduced as one of the examples of corruption. Wealth without justification or disproportionate is said to be disproportionate to the legal and recognized income of the public officials. One of the main reasons of anticipation of such a regulations in international conventions and domestic Law is the complexity of the proving of crimes related to corruption and the help of the prosecution to exempt them from the proving of crimes so as to justify the legitimacy of the property on the public officials. The penal reaction to such wealth varies in different countries. Some emphasised the wealth and the attempt to confiscate assets that are unjustified and some have emphasised the types of sanctions such as fines, imprisonment and confiscation. According to relevant laws and regulations, it can now be said that iran's law lacks a penal response to the unjustified wealth of public officials and the article 49 of Constitutional law and Article 2 of the punishment of perpetrators of bribe and embezzlement and fraud cannot be used in this regard.
Criminal Law
HOJAT NAJARZADEH AHARI; Mohammad Ali Ardebili; Nasrin Mehra; Mohammadali Mahdavi
Abstract
The exchange of public interest with private interests is a brief definition of “corruption”, and its existence indicates the misfunction of the public institutions. Corruption is an anti - value phenomenon and is disruptive to the rule of law, so that prevention of it is an undeniable necessity ...
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The exchange of public interest with private interests is a brief definition of “corruption”, and its existence indicates the misfunction of the public institutions. Corruption is an anti - value phenomenon and is disruptive to the rule of law, so that prevention of it is an undeniable necessity for governments. More than that the prevention of corruption directly relates to the legitimacy of each country’s political systems. Meanwhile monitoring the property of public officials is one of the tools of preventing and combating corruption in most countries. It is often impossible to detect and prosecute corruption offenses because of the hidden nature of these crimes. Yet the best solution for overcoming this problem is to focus on the property of the officials. In line with global developments and the desire to keep up with the means of fighting with corruption, laws have been passed in Iran to stand against corruption. The law of property monitoring of authorities, officials and agents of the Islamic Republic of Iran approved by The Nation’s Exigency Council in1394 is one of the results. The adoption of the Act itself is a step forward, but its effectiveness and usefulness must be measured in practice. From the surveying that have been carried out, it becomes apparent that the defects in the above law are noticed, including the fact that the mechanism for checking the property during the service has not been conceived, as the important discussion of the conflict of interest has not been mentioned and the law has not been sufficiently sanctioned. In short, the accepted standards of developed countries in combating against corruption are not included in the Iranian Law, and the need to resolve and correct the weaknesses of the law is strongly felt.
