Faṣlnāmah-i Pizhūhish-i Huqūq-i Kiyfarī (Nov 2013)
NGOs: from Passivity to Active Participation in prosecuting the Public Action (Looking at the Criminal Procedure Law )
Abstract
Nowadays, the participation of non-governmental organizations are considered as a one of a good elements of the governance from the economic, social and cultural points of view. The mentioned participation in legal system can play a prominent role in the efficiency and public confidence. The new criminal procedure law aiming at operationalizing the above objectives, has officially recognized the Pursuing the Public Action in a special category of crimes by these organizations. Although the position of these organizations has been cited in the text of law as a “crime reporter”, extensive authorities such as presenting an evidence and protesting to an award which was made have been granted to them. In fact, the law -due to discretionary spending in this arearefused to name them as a “plaintiff ". Probably, due to the predicted authority, the law considered an "intermediate" role between plaintiff and crime reporter. In some cases in which a crime has a specific victim, the consent of victim or his/her legal guardian is necessary and required. The matter which has been neglected in the law is the mechanism of supervision for the activities of these organizations. I hope it becomes possible to clarify the failures of this law by its implementation and then take the better step under the light of the experiences.
