A Comparative Study of the Political Rights of Citizens in the Constitution of Iran and International Documents

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PhD in Public law, University Lecturer.

Abstract

Today, in the legal literature of the modern state, the rights and privileges of citizens have a high place. Some have divided citizenship rights into three categories: civil, political and social rights, which include the most important rights of citizens. Since the constitution is a kind of instrumental mechanism to guarantee social order, provide the wishes of the individual and the limits and scope of the government's authority, its purpose is to protect the public and individual rights and freedoms of human against the inherent aggression of the political power structure. In the discussion of the constitution and citizens' rights, it is both rational and appropriate to accept a definitive assumption that no constitution can inherently remain silent regarding the rights of citizens; Rather, the most fundamental part of any constitution is declaring the basic rights and freedoms, especially the political rights, of citizens. In the legal system of Iran, the rights and privileges of citizenship were considered and taken into account first in the amendment to the constitution, then with the occurrence of the glorious Islamic revolution and the foundation of the Islamic Republic system, the political rights of citizenship were broadly and explicitly included in the constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran was considered. On the other hand, in international law, especially in international documents, it recognizes the rights of individuals and especially the political rights and obligates governments to comply with these international rules. Based on this, the researcher, with the descriptive-analytical and data collection method, following the nature of the research, the library method, seeks to answer the following questions: Has the constitution legislator predicted political examples of citizenship rights in the constitution? Are these examples used in international documents? And what affinity can there be between them? Anyway, after reviewing the materials, it can be seen that the legislator has considered examples of political rights for citizens both in the constitution and in international documents. These examples have a lot of similarities considering that human nature and human being are meant to be human.

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