Criminal Protection of Children and Adolescents at Risk in the Laws of Iran and Lebanon

Article 1173 of the Iranian Civil Code can be considered an example of "children and adolescents at risk" or "vulnerable children". These children, for the same reasons that put them at risk and all kinds of harm, need different support in all kinds of criminal policy elements in order to save themselves from this dangerous situation. The study, while providing a brief definition of some basic concepts and examining examples of children and also children at risk and the extent of criminal and non-criminal protections for them, through the application of legal measures in the current laws and regulations of the country, with a comparative approach and attitude The legal and criminal system of the country of Lebanon concludes that I have not yet witnessed a systematic, coherent and integrated law and regulation in the form of a special title such as the law "Protection of children and adolescents at risk". Such a situation prevails in Lebanon and there is no separate law that is not under this title, although various laws, such as the Model Law on the Protection of Children in Lebanon, have provided some protection to this vulnerable group in this regard.