مركز پژوهشهاي مجلس لايحه جرائم اطفال و نوجوانان را داراي محاسن و مباني قابل دفاع دانست bill "recognized as necessity" by Iran parliament committee

Quotes from the report by Study and review committee of Iran’s Parliament about the new bill to stop child executions and life imprisonment for children:  

“Approval of this bills will serve an important role in organization of the children’s penal laws in direction of scientific standards. Fundamentally the necessarily of approval of this bill is not hidden to the experts”

“The bill is in reaction to the the demands for abandonment of traditional policies and moving towards new methods to fill the legal vacuum and modernizing Iran’s judiciary system which overlooks children who are guilty of crimes.”

“Also from an international dimension considering that Islamic Republic of Iran with approval of Parliament of Islamic Republic had joined the Convention on the Rights of the Child -founded in 1989 -and government’s commitment to its application by taking measures in judicial and enforcement of children rights, approval of the present bill is recognized as a necessity.

Source: Iran’s Parliament website