Criminal Policy of the Investigation of Armed Forces Crimes by International Military Tribunals In the Light of Political Crimes of Subordinate Personnel

Gisuei, Abbas; Rayejian Asli, Mehrdad; Elahi Manesh, Mohammad Reza

doi:10.22034/iclj.2026.520082.1124

Criminal Policy of the Investigation of Armed Forces Crimes by International Military Tribunals In the Light of Political Crimes of Subordinate Personnel

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Abbas Gisuei ¹

Mehrdad Rayejian Asli ²

Mohammad Reza Elahi Manesh ³

¹ Ph.D Student, Department of Law, North Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

² Member of Department of Law and Jurisprudence, The Institute for Research and Development in the Humanities (SAMT), Tehran, Iran. (Corresponding Author)

³ Assistant Professor, Department of Law, North Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

10.22034/iclj.2026.520082.1124

Abstract

Committing behaviors based on political tendencies outside the scope of duties and standards of military law is a series of crimes that the legislator has only considered and criminalized by military personnel. Therefore, given that researchers have conducted few studies in the field of political crimes committed by armed forces, the purpose of this study is to provide a model and a solution to prevent political crimes committed by armed forces. The research method in this article is analytical and descriptive. It is through analyzing data and information available in library documents and explaining relevant legal articles in line with the research topic. The findings of this study indicate that many internal and external organizational factors, along with the lack of attention to preventive criminal policies adopted by courts and subordinate units, provide the possibility of criminal behaviors such as political crimes for military personnel. Therefore, it should be kept in mind that paying attention to preventive measures in the form of executive capacities by military courts in interaction with subordinate units of the armed forces will not only be able to prevent the commission of political crimes by subordinate personnel of the armed forces, but can also increase the level of deterrence against the commission of political crimes.

Keywords

Criminal Policy

Political Crime

Military

Criminal Prevention

Non-Criminal Prevention.