legal research on protection of child’s privacy in cyberspace with overview on iranian laws and international conventions

Children’s rights, as one of the most foundamental human rights, play a paramount role in securing the prosperity of the society and maintaining and strengthening the sanctity of the family entity when given proper priority in the policymaking practices of a country. this is the reason why many related laws have been introduced in different countries in recent decades to protect children’s rights in the cyberspace. protection of children’s rights in the cyberspace demands legislative measures to be established in order to criminalize offensive conducts against children via the new information technology tools and to enforce compensatory retributaions to violators of these rights for any phycial or mental harm inflicted on children as well as negative moral impacts on their personality.this paper investigates the existing rules and regulations of the country of iran, particularly those related to the legal protection of children and teenagers which have been recently legislated by the iranian islamic parliament. it also provides an overview of the conventions, treaties, international resolutions and protocols that deal with the legal protection of children’s privacy in the cyberspace, and investigates legal measures introduced by iranian legilators to confront violations of children’s rights and argues on the terms and conditions under which such measures could be adopted for effective enforcement.

legal research on protection of child’s privacy in cyberspace with overview on iranian laws and international conventions

children’s rights, as one of the most foundamental human rights, play a paramount role in securing the prosperity of the society and maintaining and strengthening the sanctity of the family entity when given proper priority in the policymaking practices of a country. this is the reason why many related laws have been introduced in different countries in recent decades to protect children’s rights in the cyberspace. protection of children’s rights in the cyberspace demands legislative measures to be established in order to criminalize offensive conducts against children via the new information technology tools and to enforce compensatory retributaions to violators of these rights for any phycial or mental harm inflicted on children as well as negative moral impacts on their personality.this paper investigates the existing rules and regulations of the country of iran, particularly those related to the legal protection of children and teenagers which have been recently legislated by the iranian islamic parliament. it also provides an overview of the conventions, treaties, international resolutions and protocols that deal with the legal protection of children’s privacy in the cyberspace, and investigates legal measures introduced by iranian legilators to confront violations of children’s rights and argues on the terms and conditions under which such measures could be adopted for effective enforcement.