Thesis:

Thesis submitted in partial Fulfilment of Requirements for the Degree of master of Science (M.Sc) in Law

The aim of this research is the scope of government intervention in the field of fertility with an emphasis on international documents, which has been done in a comparative and analytical manner. Different countries in the world have adopted various policies to regulate the population. The results of this research indicate that international documents accept the human right to one's own body as absolute and consider women to have complete choice regarding fertility and abortion, and ignore men's rights regarding fertility and reproduction. However, from the perspective of Islamic jurisprudence and law, the right to fertility is a bilateral right, and this right also has a judicial aspect, and it is not possible for individuals to waive the right to fertility in any way. From the perspective of international documents, the principle of non-interference of governments in the issue of fertility is that the greatest duty of governments is defined as reducing the population, and the right to fertility is considered a private matter in which governments have no duty to interfere except in certain specific aspects; while from the perspective of Islam, the issue of fertility is one of the most important issues related to the family, and governments have extensive duties to formulate policies and manage the issue of fertility. On the other hand, the efforts of the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran to implement population and fertility policies have been focused solely on the quantitative part of the population, and experts in this field believe that special attention has not yet been paid to the two planning and qualitative areas such as fertility incentives, creating a platform to increase access to health services, employment and per capita income, etc. regarding the issue of fertility. Keywords: Government intervention, fertility, international documents

Keywords: Government intervention, fertility, international documents