Towards the Human Rights of Future Generations; Combating Crimes Committed Against them within the Jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court

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Associate Professor of Criminal Law and Criminology, Faculty of Administrative Sciences and Economics, Arak University, Arak, Iran

10.22091/ijicl.2025.11230.1102

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Issues and problems such as terrorism, nuclear threats, population explosion and drugs can be considered the challenges of the last century in the world; There is no doubt that one of the most important problems facing the international community and the rights of future generations will be the “Environmental Crisis”. The rights of the future generations are faced with dangers such as terrorism, nuclear threats, the increasing growth of the population and drugs, but recent years, the widespread and terrifying spread of the Covid-19 disease, which is a challenge for such rights in the 21st century. Therefore, it should be acknowledged that the aforementioned challenges are a significant part of criminal behavior and actions at various national, regional, even global and international levels. Adopting a solid and effective criminal policy is a strategy that provides this possibility in dealing with the various dimensions and forms of crimes committed against the rights of future generations. Based on this, regarding the crimes committed against the future generations, the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has not significantly and visibly attempted to criminalize and suppress such crimes, but considering the scope of subject jurisdiction stipulated in the Statute regarding the recognition of international crimes such as war crimes, Crimes against humanity and even genocide and their compatibility with examples of crimes against future generations, it can be acknowledged that it is possible to deal with the commission of such crimes within the jurisdiction of the ICC.

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Iranian Journal of International and Comparative Law

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript
Available Online from 13 January 2025

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