Primarily selected papers from the 1st International Conference on the Protection of Human Rights in the Islamic Criminal Justice System held May 1979 at the International Institute of Higher Studies in Criminal Sciences, Syracuse, Sicily, and sponsored by the International Association of Penal Law and the Arab Organization for Social Defense Against Crime. Appendices (p. [237]-250): A. Summary report of the First International Conference on the Protection of Human Rights in the Islamic Criminal Justice System, May 1979, International Institute of Higher Studies in Criminal Sciences, Siracusa, Italy -- B. List of conference participants -- C. Final resolution adopted by conference. Bibliography: p. [253]-255.