In the academic realm, one of the most controversial topics in human rights is the issue of proving or denying the universality of human rights. The repeated recourse of the officials of the Islamic Republic to the discourse of cultural relativism in the face of international accusations of human rights violations in Iran has led […]...

Minority rights are one of the most important issues in today’s international society. Due to the neglect of some governments towards this issue, many problems have arisen in the past three decades, hindering the path towards achieving peace and international security. Without a doubt, one of the reasons for governments’ disregard for minority rights is […]...

Violence against women has been widespread throughout human history. Violence and aggression against women knows no boundaries of class, race, nationality, religion, ideological beliefs, or age. This phenomenon is fundamentally global and takes on various forms. Although violence against women is a global phenomenon, some of its forms vary depending on the political, social, cultural, […]...

The book “Violence, Human Rights, and Civil Society” is a collection of five articles written by the researcher and critical philosopher of religious intellectualism, Dr. Mohammad Reza Nikfar. As the title suggests, the book delves into the challenge of finding solutions for the expansion of civil society in today’s Iranian society, through the exploration of […]...

One of the serious problems and challenges of the Iranian criminal justice system after the February 1979 revolution is the issue of “age of criminal responsibility”. In fact, the new legislator, by removing Article 1209 and amending Article 1210 of the Civil Code and drafting the Islamic Penal Code, reduced the age of maturity and […]...

One of the novels written about human rights and with a special focus on women’s rights in Iran is the book “Women Without Men” by Shahrnush Parsipur. Parsipur wrote this novel during a time when the social situation in Iran was more turbulent and chaotic than ever before. The book was written in 1978 in […]...