M Javad Javid

M. Javad Javid is an author, human rights activist, and associate professor at the School of Law. His teaching interests include: Public law, legal theory and philosophy of law, human rights. After the 2009 Iranian university dormitory raids, Professor Javid together with 119 professors at the University of Tehran resigned in protects, however their resignations were not accepted. They asked for the resignation of Farhad Rahbari the appointed president of Tehran University, for his incompetence in defending the University's dignity and student lives.
Relativity theory of citizen's rights
Relativity theory of citizen's rights is an objective analysis that describes the situation of outside. As "refer theory" in natural rights is based on an inside mental principle, these two, which are effective and relative to each other, present two dimensions of human being that they are practically inseparable. While human rights can be divided in two steady and variable dimensions, both are partners in establishing human rights. But the part of it which can be identified in community is not stable in time and place passing. And every community based on its collective priorities can prefer some elements that others which are not necessarily possible to generalize nor experience and it be different from a society to another. The only eternal element in these rights is the fundamental human rights that even these rights can be restricted in collective conditions.
Legal philosophy of “Just Peace” theory
Peace will not last long without justice; this is the main argument of this theory. But that kind of justice can serve as the base which has by itself some fixed pillars. For this purpose, natural justice which has its origins in human natural laws is the solution. This notion of justice stands against “positive peace” which is subordinate to states’ positive laws the characteristics of which are relativity and pluralism. With this assumption, the kind of peace which is contingent upon the positive laws of states is not a permanent peace, as this kind of justice is itself based upon the societies’ public interests and as these interests vary from time to time, the resulting peace will be variable and thus temporary. However, the peace relying upon natural justice can be the best kind of peace because it originates from the laws common to all human beings and is therefore not subject to place and time hence not relative. The present theory is an endeavor to analyze the “Just Peace Theory” based upon the “Natural Law” school of thought.

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