ali hossein najafi abrand abadi associate professor, shahid beheshti university mohammad jafar habibzadeh associate professor, department of law, tarbiat modares university abulfat'h khaleghi ph.d. student of criminal law, tarbiat modares university the imprisonment (custodial sentences) is the most common and expensive sanction in the criminal law, which has enjoyed hardly any success on ...

In this article, Gostin and Archer explore the varied lenses through which governments are obligated to address humanitarian needs. States'responsibilities to help others derive from domestic law, political commitments, ethical values, national interests, and international law. What is needed, however, is clarity and detailed standards so that States can operationalize this responsibility, maki...