The plan to establish the Judiciary Protection and Information Organization

The title of the project:
The plan to establish the Judiciary Protection and Information Organization

Article 1: The Judiciary is permitted to upgrade the “Judiciary Protection and Intelligence Center” to the “Judiciary Protection and Intelligence Organization” to carry out its legal missions.

1. The Judiciary is authorized to elevate the “Judiciary Protection and Intelligence Organization” to fulfill its inherent and legal missions as follows:

  a. Establish intelligent information services to identify, prevent, and combat various forms of corruption within the Judiciary, including judicial and quasi-judicial bodies, affiliated organizations, and related centers.

  b. Counter any pressure, threats, bribery, and deception against Judiciary officials and staff to preserve the independence of the Judiciary.

  c. Prevent, detect, identify, and address conspiracies and espionage, sabotage, subversive activities, and actions causing public discontent, as well as activities against national security within the Judiciary and the cases being handled by it.

  d. Monitor and ensure individual and physical security amidst the extensive daily movements of individuals, case parties, prisoners, and detainees between judicial, security, and prison organizations, as well as other affiliated organizations and centers.

  e. Protect and secure physically and cybernetically the premises, facilities, documents, files, assets, and property of both public and private entities within the Judiciary.

  f. Identify vulnerabilities, ideological deviations, foreign infiltrations, and unethical behavior among the Judiciary staff and address them.

  g. Continuously monitor the behavior and performance of the staff of the aforementioned bodies and coordinate and lead security and protective efforts within the Judiciary and affiliated organizations and centers.

  h. Oversee the health and security of judicial processes to prevent the interference of unsuitable individuals and unauthorized influence in judicial proceedings and monitor the environment surrounding the Judiciary to counteract opportunistic movements and illegal behavior.

  i. Safeguard the lives, property, and dignity of judges, other staff, and their families in sensitive or dangerous areas or high-crime regions.

  j. Cooperate with other security bodies, Interpol, and relevant executive agencies to apprehend fugitives and suspects in national and international judicial cases.

  k. Provide information and reports on important and sensitive judicial cases under the supervision of the competent judicial authority to counter global hegemonic propaganda and the defamation efforts of adversaries and opponents.

  l. Participate in organizing exams, recruitment, selection, admission, and granting qualifications and licenses to qualified individuals in sensitive and important positions, including judicial and managerial positions, and related professions such as expertise, advocacy, counseling, social work, mediation, and arbitration.

  m. Other matters provided for or anticipated in laws and regulations.

Note 1: The detailed structure and organization of the entity are subject to approval by the head of the Judiciary.

Note 2: The administrative and employment affairs of the staff, salary system, benefits, and financial matters of this organization shall be governed by the Employment Law of the Ministry of Intelligence, ratified in 1995, with subsequent amendments and additions, in coordination with and with the approval of the head of the Judiciary.

Note 3: The financial, transactional, and budgetary matters of this organization are exempt from the General Accounting Law and are governed by the financial and transactional regulations approved by the head of the Judiciary.

Article 2: The staff and agents of the organization, for the purposes of monitoring, prevention, identification, inspection, detection, and combating corruption, infiltration, discrimination, collusion, threats, and bribery, as well as in criminal cases involving legal entities or Judiciary staff and affiliated organizations, are considered special agents and are subject to relevant legal provisions. Criminal prosecution and evidence gathering in these matters are conducted by the organization under the supervision of the prosecutor and competent court.

Article 3: In cases of disagreement among security bodies regarding judicial matters or in cases of internal and external security crimes, the organization shall act as the coordinator, and the final opinion will be prepared by this organization in conjunction with the relevant bodies and submitted to the competent authority.

Article 4: Executive bodies subject to Article 5 of the Civil Service Management Law, other security organizations, and affiliated organizations are required to cooperate with the organization in the implementation of this law.

Note: All potential costs of implementing this law will be borne by the Judiciary.