Principle of supervision of criminal procedure

Abstract

The principle of supervision is one of the fundamental and indisputable principles in the field of law. It is the right of the authorities to supervise the exercise of the powers of all institutions of governance, including the criminal justice institution, in the interests of guaranteeing the rights and freedoms of citizens and the public interest. Follow-up and criminal investigations in the criminal proceedings require essential judicial measures, such as summoning, prosecuting, arresting and obtaining supplies from the defendant that all of them are the point of intersection of the rights and freedoms of the accused with the public interest of the community and the rights of the perpetrators, and in clear contradictions with the principle of innocence, the rights and freedoms of the accused are limited or denied before the crime is proved. Hence, the supervision of the criminal procedure process has a fair trial of its importance and place.In order to protect the rights of the accused while protecting the rights of the victim and the community, the legislature has taken special measures to control and monitor the implementation of fair trial procedures in the criminal justice process. In this research, it is attempted to study the basics and position of the principle of supervision in Iran's criminal justice system, as well as the work of the supervision principle in the criminal procedure process.