Culmination of Law

Culmination of Law

Criminal proceedings as punishment: effects, consequences, solutions

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
Azim Aghababaei Taghanaki
Seyed Doraid Mousavi Mojab
- PhD Student in Criminal Law and Criminology, Faculty of Law, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
10.22034/thdad.2024.2021285.2685
Abstract
In line with the goals of criminal law, the law has provided some special restrictive and punitive provisions, such as criminal security order, judicial supervision order, arrest of the accused, entry into closed houses and places, their search, etc. Contrary to the teachings of human rights, sometimes the judicial or police authorities, during the criminal proceedings, punish the person involved in the criminal case in excess of what he deserves, and in this way they threaten and limit the fundamental rights and freedoms of the people. In this reasearch, it is determined by descriptive-analytical method that punitive measures may be committed in the form of illegal arrest, criminal security arrangement leading to unjustified arrest, unjustified preliminary arrest order, judicial statistical interpretations, ideological and security-oriented interpretations, extreme involvement of persons involved in criminal matters, etc. By examining the judicial procedure, it is clear that some unauthorized punitive measures are discovered and answered. But there is also the possibility of not being discovered and not being able to respond to some other behaviors. These measures weaken the rule of law, undermine the legitimacy and acceptability of the criminal justice system, reduce public trust in the criminal justice system, increase the criminal population, increase the number of criminal cases, etc. Policy-making at the three legislative, judicial and executive levels in the form of culture building, judicial ethics expansion, clear and unambiguous regulation, explaining the principles governing criminal laws in laws and external prior and posterior supervision, can be the solution to overcome this dilemma.
Keywords
criminal process
criminal preceedings
punishment
human rights
fundamental rights and freedoms

Subjects

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Culmination of Law
Volume 11, Issue 3
Winter 2026
Pages 185-216