A critique on the position of the family in the realization of the right to health in the scope of sustainable development (a case study of the pathology of the deviation of homosexuals from the natural family for children)

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Ph.D. student of Public International Law, Payam Noor Graduate University, Tehran,(Corresponding author)

2 Assistant Professor, Imam Sadegh University Sisters Campus, Tehran, Iran

3 Associate Professor, Department of Law, Payam Noor University, Tehran, Iran.

10.22034/scs.2023.380477.1397

Abstract

Sustainable development goals that are targeted with a long-term perspective until 2030. In realizing the goals of this international policy, the family is considered as the first center where the growth and education of the members takes place. This article aims to answer the basic question that what role does the family play in achieving the goals of sustainable development and how can deviation from the normal course of the family cause the natural family to weaken and disrupt the achievement of the goals of sustainable development? Considering that the right to health has been targeted as one of the seventeen goals of sustainable development in different mental, physical, spiritual and social dimensions, and the family is considered the first focus of preserving and granting this right to its members, so Any deviation from the natural path of the family will disrupt the targeted path of sustainable development goals, for this reason, this article aims to analyze the pathology of same-sex civil unions and the harms resulting from adoption by these groups. It has been compiled with a descriptive analytical method with a practical aspect and information collection in the form of a library, the results of which indicate that due to the physiological and psychological differences between men and women; Considering two completely different genders, it seems that every child needs a mother and a father for their full growth and health.

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