Ma`rifat Hoghoughi

NGOs, as one of the main pillars of civil society, strive to transfer problems threatening public rights to the governing body by creating a closer connection between the people and the government. Public rights are equivalent to public commons and pertain to public rights and interests. Among the most important examples of public rights in which NGOs can play an effective role are environmental rights, natural resources, public health and sanitation, enjoining good and forbidding wrong, citizenship rights, and public security. Furthermore, internal institutions within the Judiciary that protect public interests have also paid special attention to the position and role of NGOs in the mentioned examples and have dedicated articles of their relevant laws to the role of NGOs. In this regard, NGOs face both general and specific challenges; therefore, it is necessary for the governing body, in addition to resolving the specific challenges of NGOs, to take steps by enacting comprehensive and independent laws to address general challenges in order to achieve maximum public participation and increase the role-taking of the people in advancing the country's superior objectives and supporting public rights. The research method in this article is descriptive-analytical.