Investigating the position of NGOs Iran's executive criminal policy by considering the instruction on how to participate and interact of popular institutions with the judiciary approved in 1398

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 PhD Student in Criminal Law and Criminology, Ayatollah Amoli Branch, Islamic Azad University, Amol, Iran

2 Assistant Professor, Department of Criminal Law and Criminology, Mazandaran University, Babolsar, Iran

Abstract

Undoubtedly, in the present era along development of societies and spread of crime, the crisis of disability and inefficiency and failure of governments to prevent crime and reform criminals has led to the tendency of NGO to participate in the criminal policy program.

Attracting the participation and opinion of the people in the justice system can gain their trust and make the implementation of justice easier, so today the governing institutions see no other way but the participation of the NGOs. NGOs are influential in various areas of criminal policy, including legislative, participatory, judicial and executive criminal policy.

Role of the NGOs in the executive criminal policy is very prominent. For example, they can play an important role in the execution of punishments, including alternatives to imprisonment, as well as in the post-prison care process.

According to the main research question (What is the position of the NGOs in Iran's executive criminal policy?) using descriptive and library analytical methods, according to the Islamic Penal Code and instructions on how to participate and interact with non-governmental organizations and the judiciary adopted in 2009, the author first examined concepts such as criminal policies, then suspended the punishment of the period of care of the impact of criminal policies in prison, and after punishment, presented practical suggestions.

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