TY - JOUR ID - 84827 TI - Governing Requirements on the Criminalization of State Crimes in Iran's Criminal Policy Process JO - Iranian Journal of Public Policy JA - JPPOLICY LA - en SN - 2538-5577 AU - Shiri, Abbas AU - Jafarpour Sadegh, Elham AD - associate Professor, Faculty of Law and Political Science, University of Tehran AD - Y1 - 2022 PY - 2022 VL - 7 IS - 4 SP - 145 EP - 165 KW - State Crime KW - Criminal policy KW - Legislation KW - Rationality KW - legitimacy KW - Civil institutions KW - Constitution DO - 10.22059/jppolicy.2021.84827 N2 - Encroachment (trespass) of the fundamental rights of the nation by governments in the form of fundamental violations of citizens & areas related to health, health, treatment & education can be considered as examples of state crime. State crime refers to the ostensibly lawful conduct of the government that does not involve the personal interest & the ability to cause irreparable harm to citizens, in many cases is not considered a criminal offense & criminal policy in this regard is difficult. This article discusses the requirements of criminal policy regarding state crimes & the tools needed to adopt criminal policy. The requirements of criminal policy in the field of state crimes include the requirements of public policy & the requirements of law. Accordingly, the need for legitimacy of the rule-based political system, the intervention of civil institutions, constitutional & extra-constitutional oversight of the functioning of government, the refusal to pay mere attention to political rationality in the legislative process & the acceptance & rule of law necessary for criminal policy in the field of state crimes. UR - https://jppolicy.ut.ac.ir/article_84827.html L1 - https://jppolicy.ut.ac.ir/article_84827_1f1967a6ea294fbe38853fe91b50ebd5.pdf ER -