Journal of Research and Development in Comparative Law

Journal of Research and Development in Comparative Law

Requirements and executive conditions regarding judicial supervision of prosecution and investigation in Iran and Syria; A Comparative Study

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Document Type : scientific research paper

Authors
majed jabban 1
Mahmood saber 2
Seyed Doraid Mousavi Mojab 3
1 Instructor, Department of Criminal Law, Faculty of Law, University of Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria; PhD In Criminal Law and Criminology.
2 Associate Professor, Department of Criminal Law and Criminology, Faculty of Law, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.
3 Assistant Professor, Department of Criminal Law and Criminology, Faculty of Law, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.
10.22034/law.2025.2049984.1592
Abstract
Judicial supervision is the adoption of supervision by court judges or independent expert judges outside of the prosecution institution on the actions and decisions of the prosecution institution, including the investigator, and especially overseeing the actions that limit the rights and freedoms of individuals in the pre-trial stage of criminal proceedings.Achieving the desired pattern of judicial supervision over the matter of prosecution and investigation is not achieved simply by observing and predicting legal and judicial guarantees; Rather, in addition to these guarantees, implementation requirements and conditions are necessary.The present research is conducted in a qualitative way, while using in-depth interviews (19 people) and document analysis, only by checking on the necessary executive guarantees to promote and strengthen judicial supervision over the actions of those in charge of prosecution and investigation in Iran and Syria. The existing literature in Iran and Syria on judicial oversight suffers from significant backwardness compared to Western countries and needs serious reforms in this area. The legislator's failure to provide guarantees for the implementation of judicial oversight of prosecution and investigation in the Iranian and Syrian Criminal Procedure Code has led to significant abuses. The findings of the research indicate the necessity of using a number of executive mechanisms in the judicial supervision of investigative and prosecution measures in order to achieve a suitable supervisory model in the criminal justice system of Iran and Syria. These guarantees include the need to increase monitoring mechanisms for visible crimes in comparison with invisible crimes, using new technologies to increase the accuracy of monitoring, applying performance guarantees for the violations of the monitoring and supervised institutions, holding continuous training courses and promoting the culture of monitoring, maintaining the independence of the institution. The trustee is responsible for researching the relationship between hierarchy and institutional control, continuity and continuity in supervision.
Keywords
executive conditions
Executive requirements
prosecution
investigation
judicial supervision
Subjects

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