Human Rights-Based Rehabilitation and Its Limitations in the Iranian Penal System

Document Type : Original Article

Author
Amin Reza Bahar Falamarzi
Master of Criminal Law and Criminology, Faculty of Law and Political Science, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran
10.22034/lc.2026.578665.1758
Abstract
The perspective of criminal reform and treatment actually has a pathological view of the criminal and always intends to deal with the criminal with new scientific and medical solutions instead of severe punishments, the effectiveness of which is still shrouded in ambiguity, in such a way that instead of punishment, it deals with the criminal's treatment and deals with the criminal with scientific and medical mechanisms. We all believe in this category that the reform of the criminal is the ultimate goal, whether through treatment or punishment, but as citizens we are also more satisfied if this delivery is accompanied by a therapeutic and corrective method and strategy. Experience has shown that punishment is not the answer, so treatment can be more useful. Human rights-based rehabilitation and its limitations in the Iranian penal system This issue is descriptive-analytical. The results of the present study indicate that in fact, the abolition of the name of prison and imprisonment in a way creates a problem for the criminal's personality, a problem that he encounters with elements that have lost their freedom as a result of committing acts or are deprived of it in some way so as not to harm others.
Keywords
Rehabilitation
Human Rights
Personality Development

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