Comparative Study of Criminal Protection of the Rights of Future Generations in Iranian Criminal Law and International Documents

Abstract

The rights of future generations are one of the important topics of intergenerational justice; By that, the natural resources that have been inherited from the previous generation to the current generation are transferred to the future generation; Worrying about the rights of future generations is the common pain of all humanity, and this research is necessary for this reason. Indiscriminate use of natural resources, in addition to its effects and unfortunate consequences on the current generation, causes concerns for The future generations have also become so that in this regard, the international assemblies consider it their duty to recognize the rights of the future generations and take an important step to protect them, first of all, the concept of the rights of the future generations by approving the United Nations Charter of 1945 and then by issuing a declaration Stockholm entered international law in 1972, which was discussed in binding and non-binding documents, and as a result, it entered the domestic law of some countries. But in the meantime, some believe that Iran's criminal law has not paid attention to the future generations. In this research, we are trying to investigate this issue and answer the question whether Iran's criminal law has paid attention to the rights of future generations or not. Based on the findings of this research, which was written in a descriptive and analytical method, there are clearly principles of the constitution and other special laws, including articles of the Islamic Penal Code, dedicated to the rights of future generations.