Abdullahi An-Naim on Sharia and Human Rights

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbvzat5vMyk

A pro and con debate on justice on Pargar TV programme

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ACwRPAKAsY

A Harvard lecture by Michael Sandel on justice with Farsi subtitles

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjvyzQah1u4

Divorce Iranian Style: A fascinating documentary by Ziba Mir-Hosseini about the proceedings of a family court in Teheran

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCe1o-Hg2OY

Amir Arjomand and Brown, Nathan (eds), The Rule of Law and Constitutional Politics in Egypt and Iran (Cambridge, 2013)

Maranlou, Sahar, Access to Justice in Iran: Women, Perceptions, and Reality (Cambridge, 2014)

Enayat, Hadi, Law, State and Society in Iran: Constitutionalism, Autocracy and Legal Reform 1906-1941 (Palgrave Macmillan, 2013)

Loretta Capeheart and Dragan Milovanovic, Social Justice: Theories, Issues, and Movements (Rutgers University Press, 2007)

Darling, Linda T., A History of Social Justice and Political Power in the Middle East: The Circle of Justice From Mesopotamia to Globalization (Routledge, 2013)

Huddleston, John, The Search for a Just Society, Translated to Farsi by H. Rahmani, (Century Press, 1998)

A free e-book on economics and social justice by four professors at Sharif University in Iran

http://anthropology.ir/node/19460

A free e-book on democracy, freedom, justice and morality by Dr. Soha

http://mamnoe.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/democracy.pdf

‘A Look at Criminal Procedure in Iran’. A commentary on the criminal justice system by Iranian criminal defense attorney Behnam Daraeizadeh

http://www.iranhrdc.org/english/publications/legal-commentary/3008-a-look-at-criminal-procedure-in-iran.html#.U1-rR-ZdU00

Human Rights Watch, Codifying Repression: Iran’s New Penal Code

http://www.refworld.org/docid/50475a5a2.html

For general information on the Iranian Judiciary and Legal System see the Ministry of Justice of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s website

http://www.justice.ir/Portal/Home/

The National Report submitted by Iran to the 2009 Universal Periodic Review by the UN Human Rights Council

http://www.refworld.org/docid/4b2b6621d.html

A free on-line course on justice by Harvard professor, Michael J. Sandel

http://www.topfreeclasses.com/course/7228/ER22-1x-Justice

A free on-line course that examines the role of justice within legal and political philosophy offered through Coursera at University of Pennsylvania

http://www.coursera.org/course/legalandpolitical

A training pamphlet produced by the Legal Aid Center for Civil and Political Rights Activists from a collection of pamphlets about promotion of security and prevention of violence and human rights violations. This pamphlet focuses on summons, detention and legal provisions

http://www.ihrr.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/violence_resource_legal_aid_summons.pdf

A training pamphlet produced by the Legal Aid Center for Civil and Political Rights Activists from a collection of pamphlets about promotion of security and prevention of violence and human rights violations. This pamphlet focuses on principles governing various states of legal proceedings

http://www.ihrr.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/violence_resource_legal_proceedings.pdf

A training pamphlet produced by the Legal Aid Center for Civil and Political Rights Activists from a collection of pamphlets about promotion of security and prevention of violence and human rights violations. This pamphlet focuses on interrogation and torture

http://www.ihrr.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/violence_resource_interrogation_torture.pdf

A training pamphlet produced by the Legal Aid Center for Civil and Political Rights Activists from a collection of pamphlets about promotion of security and prevention of violence and human rights violations. This pamphlet focuses on 13 online security tips for all

http://www.ihrr.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/violence_resource_online_security.pdf

UN Human Rights Council, Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, 18 March 2014, A/HRC/25/61. See especially, pp, 58-79 on the right to a fair trial, the independence of judges; independence of lawyers; trial proceedings

http://www.refworld.org/docid/534e4d0d4.html

UN General Assembly, Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, 13 September 2012, A 67/369. See especially, pp. 13-18 on the administration of Justice including the revised Islamic Penal Code; rights of due process; independence of the legal community; situation in prisons, torture, cruel and degrading punishments and executions:

http://shaheedoniran.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/N1250813.pdf

UN Human Rights Council, Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, 6 March 2012, A/HRC/19/66. See especially paragraphs 27-29 on due process of law

http://www.refworld.org/docid/4f644d482.html

International Commission of Jurists, 'Iran Attacks on Justice 2002'

http://www.iranrights.org/english/document-86.php

Mehrangiz Kar, “Who are the Judges in the Islamic Republic of Iran?”, Legatum Institute, 2012

http://www.li.com/docs/future-of-iran/2012-future-of-iran-by-mehrangiz-kar-who-are-the-judges-in-the-islamic-republic-of-iran.pdf?sfvrsn=4

Muhammad Samii, ‘Iran's Crumbling Judiciary’, Tehran Bureau, 15 August 2009

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/tehranbureau/2009/08/irans-crumbling-judiciary.html

Amnesty International, ‘Addicted to death: Executions for drugs offences in Iran’, 15 December 2011

http://www.refworld.org/docid/4ee9d6e12.html

The World Justice Project: Rule of Law Index, 2014, Pages I-III and 53 only. A global comparison of the state of the rule of law in 99 contries. See especially Page 41: Iran's international ranking as last in the world in the protection of ‘fundamental rights’

http://worldjusticeproject.org/sites/default/files/files/wjp_rule_of_law_index_2014_report.pdf

'Farideh Gheirat: Even Baghi’s Lawyer Can’t Access His File' International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, 21 April 2010

http://www.iranhumanrights.org/2010/04/farideh-gheirat-even-baghis-lawyer-cant-access-his-file/

Extract from a press release dated 12 February 2010 by Amnesty International in response to Iran's own submission to the UN ahead of the Universal Periodic Review of Iran undertaken by the United Nations Human Rights Council

http://www.amnesty.org/en/for-media/press-releases/irans-report-un-paints-distorted-picture-human-rights-20100212

UN Human Rights Council, National report submitted in accordance with paragraph 15(a) of the annex to Human Rights Council resolution 5/1 - Islamic Republic of Iran, 18 November 2009, A/HRC/WG.6/7/IRN/1

http://www.refworld.org/docid/4b2b6621d.html

UN Human Rights Council, Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review : Islamic Republic of Iran, 15 March 2010, A/HRC/14/12

http://www.refworld.org/docid/4c0ce5a72.html

Mohammad Hossein Nayyeri, ‘Iranian Bar Associations: Struggle for Independence’, Iran Human Rights Documentation Centre, 28 November 2012

http://www.iranhrdc.org/english/publications/legal-commentary/1000000211-iranian-bar-associations-struggle-for-independence.html#.U39kyFhdUm8

UN Human Rights Council, Report of the Secretary General on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, 28 February 2013, A/HRC/22/48. See especially, paragraphs 21-24 on lawyers

http://www.refworld.org/docid/51371a3c2.html

Behnam Daraeizadeh, 'Legal Commentary: A Look at Criminal Procedure in Iran', Iran Human Rights Documentation Centre, November 2010

http://www.iranhrdc.org/english/publications/legal-commentary/3008-a-look-at-criminal-procedure-in-iran.html

Human Rights Watch, ‘Codifying Repression: An Assessment of Iran’s New Penal Code’, 28 August 2012

http://www.hrw.org/reports/2012/08/28/codifying-repression

Human Rights Watch, “You Can Detain Anyone for Anything”, Iran’s Broadening Clampdown on Independent Activism, 6 January 2008

http://www.hrw.org/by-issue/publications/226?date_filtervalueyear=2008

“State Violence Against Individuals Suspected or Convicted of Ordinary Crimes in the Islamic Republic of Iran in [email protected], Abdorrahman Boroumand Foundation, March 2013

http://www.iranrights.org/attachments/library/doc_190.pdf

“A Look at Criminal Procedure in Iran”, A commentary on the criminal justice system by Iranian criminal defense attorney Behnam Daraeizadeh

http://www.iranhrdc.org/english/publications/legal-commentary/3008-a-look-at-criminal-procedure-in-iran.html#.U1-rR-ZdU00

A free on-line course on justice by Harvard professor, Michael J. Sandel

http://www.topfreeclasses.com/course/7228/ER22-1x-Justice