Public Law Studies Quarterly

Human Rights and the Duty to Provide Humanitarian Aid From the Perspective of Islamic Jurisprudence

Document Type : Article

Authors

Nasrin Mosaffa 1
Reza Ranjbar 2

1 Prof., Department of International Relations, Faculty of Law and Political Sciences, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

2 Ph.D. student in (International Relations), Faculty of Law and Political Sciences, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22059/jplsq.2023.361446.3342
Abstract
While most research focuses on the issue of humanitarian aid from an ethical and not mandatory viewpoint, this paper seeks to study humanitarian aid from the perspective of Islamic. In the international human rights system, with the extensive interpretation of these rights and adopting a positive approach, the only obligation to accept humanitarian aid has been proven. From a different perspective, this research seeks to examine the duty to provide humanitarian aid from in Islamic jurisprudence. The paper argues that the religion of Islam  provides a positive approach to humanitarian aid. In this regard, the pre-Islamic principles of human dignity and justice and the Islamic obligation to preserve human life and the principle of “taliif al-qulub” (winning hearts) by using “zakat” (religious tax), prove the obligation to provide humanitarian aid to all people exposed to natural and unnatural disasters, especially to non-Muslims.

Keywords

humanitarian aid
positive human rights
human dignity
justice
the obligation to preserve the life of human being
compilation of hearts
Subjects

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Public Law Studies Quarterly
Volume 54, Issue 1
Spring 2024
Spring 2024
Pages 139-158

  • Receive Date 27 June 2023
  • Revise Date 13 August 2023
  • Accept Date 10 September 2023

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