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An acid attack is one of the crimes and inhumane and violent act that leaves destructive, irreparable and long-term physical and mental effects on the victim's body and mind. Scientific combating with this behavior requires the adoption of a prudent and comprehensive criminal policy based on the components of the severity of punishment and protection of the victim. The current research, taking into account the law of intensifying the punishment of acid attack and protecting the victims of it, approved in 2018 in Iran and the criminal law of the two countries of India and Pakistan, while analyzing the material and spiritual elements of this crime, the criminal policy of Iran and these two countries regarding this crime evaluates. Despite the innovations of Iran's new law compared to the previous law, there is still ambiguity in the physical behaviors covered by this law. Even though This is the fact that the two physical behaviors of injecting or feeding acid to another person are disputed in Iranian law, according to the penal code of the two countries of India and Pakistan, it is clearly mentioned in the category of the physical behavior of acid attack. In all three countries, the crime of acid attack is considered as a result crime. The word "acid" is defined as a means of committing a crime in two countries, India and Pakistan, while there is no definition of this word in Iranian law. Knowledge of the occurrence of a crime is explicitly provided in the criminal law of India and Pakistan as a substitute for intention. According to the penal code of India and Pakistan, the punishment for this crime is life imprisonment. Apart from imprisonment in Indian criminal law, fine is also provided as a guarantee of execution, and in this regard, it is emphasized that the fine should be given to the victim and also a fair and reasonable amount of it to provide the medical expenses and treatment of the victim. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract One of the new-fangled phenomenon that has impaired the rights and health of women and consequently humanity and security of the society is the heinous act of acid throwing on the body and face of women and young girls. Acid violence, as a modern form of violence against women, is considered the reflection of gender inequality and discrimination in society. This act affects not only its victims, but also their family and society. Under Islamic jurisprudence, acid throwing falls under Hirabah in terms of type of the weapon and is regarded Corruption on Earth in the view of the act's repetition. Being a kind of gender-based discrimination and violence against women, and consequently breach of their fundamental human rights, this act is forbidden undoubtedly in accordance with International Human Rights Law (IHRL). Accordingly, states must exercise due diligence to prevent, investigate and punish the perpetrators of acid attacks against women. The present article, through a descriptive-analytic method and by means of content analysis, aims to illustrate the acid throwing under Islamic Law and IHRL.