Examining the Loopholes of the Law on the Protection of the Rights of Children and Adolescents with an Emphasis on the Role of the Offices for the Protection of the Rights of Children and Adolescents

Document Type : Original Article

Author
Nastaran Arzanian
Administrative Services and Judge and head of the Office for the Protection of the Rights of Children and Juveniles of Justice of Qaemshahr, Master of Laws of University of Judicial Sciences, Tehran, Iran
10.22034/lc.2023.163653
Abstract
Children and teenagers are considered as the human capital of any country, relying on them, the future of the country is built. Supporting these human capitals has an undeniable role in cultivating genius and talents. Thus, the Law on Protection of Children and Adolescents approved in 2013 was the first law that specifically protects these persons. After the relatively successful experience of this law, the necessity of approving a new law along with innovations in order to support more of this vulnerable group was felt. Finally, the Law on the Protection of Children and Adolescents was approved in 2019 and was put into effect after the approval of the Guardian Council. Despite the innovations and the adoption of appropriate preventive policies and the need to establish offices for the protection of the rights of children and adolescents, to determine the policy and assigned duties in order to protect these persons, there are gaps and ambiguities in this law, such as the need to criminalize intentional assault, production , making and buying and selling alcoholic beverages by children and teenagers and the need to review some of the articles of this law, which the present article is trying to express and provide a suitable solution to solve. The following article is written in a descriptive and analytical way.
Keywords
Child and Adolescent Rights Protection Offices
Welfare Organization
Criminalization