Document Type : Original Article

Authors

• Saeed Nasimi ¹
• Hamid Masjedsaraei ²
• Mohammad Hassan Hassani ³

¹ PhD student in Criminal Law and Criminology, Semnan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Semnan, Iran.

² Professor of Jurisprudence and Fundamentals of Islamic Law, Semnan University, Semnan, Iran: Correspondence author

³ Assistant Professor, Department of Law, Damghan University, Damghan, Iran.

Abstract

The terrorist attacks of 1 September to the World Trade Center and the Pentagon building in the United States, in just one day, resulted in more than 300 victims. The main losers of terrorist acts and attacks are the victims of the view that these actions are essentially the violation of their basic rights, such as their right to life, liberty and property. The importance of supporting the victims of terrorist crimes is to the point that their compensation is inappropriate and inadequate by the conventional method of damaging other crimes. Right now، Terrorist crimes with variable figures and different victims threaten human life and cause descriptive-analytical research of this issue in this article that supports Efficient of terrorism offenders, what policies and measures are appropriate in criminal systems؟ According to the findings of the study, the real compensation of victims of terrorism based on the standards of international humanitarian law requires co-ordination and international action plans. Damage of victims from terrorist acts should be compensated without discrimination, regardless of nationality, race, color, religion, gender, and fairly, proportionate and timely. Facilitating the process of deleterization of the victims of terrorism is appropriate for the intervention of the public and private sectors to repair their material and spiritual losses, regardless of the identification of the factors of such actions: Adopting a special law for the protection of terrorism victims, increasing the powers of the police in identifying, arresting and arresting suspected terrorist acts, establishing the Office for the Investigation of Terrorism Victims، prescribing interference by NGOs in announcing the occurrence of terrorist crimes and filing complaints and effective presence in the proceedings، Providing free judicial services and assistance to the affected offenders and timely informing them of the proceedings, providing immediate and free medical and medical services، Exemption of the victim and its family from any taxes and judicial and medical expenses, use of resources and capacities of insurance companies, public assistance، Establishment of a special fund to support the victims of terrorism and immediate payment of damages to the victims are among the effective strategies for supporting such criminals.

Keywords

• criminal policy
• protection of victims
• terrorist crimes