The Independent Commission for Human Rights each has his or her own interests and needs. These interests and needs could agree or disagree or even collide with the interests of the society, and lead to disputes and conflicts within it. Hence, the penal code assumes protection of human rights including the right to life, security of individuals, and protection of property. It determines the appropriate penalty according to the severity of the crime, and punishes the offender for such violations, taking account of the social conscience, and social-political and economic changes. Often the penal code faces difficulty regarding adaptability to modern society, and compatibility with the basic values of society, including religious and ethical values17. 2. Satisfaction with justice. Punishing each person for a crime committed makes people feel satisfied with justice. Such satisfaction can be achieved by ensuring each offender is punished for the crime committed and not able to escape justice. In order to satisfy society’s concerns about justice within the judiciary, all individuals must be equal before the law and their basic human rights respected. In light of this, justice addresses individual responsibility, with punishment imposed on the offender as well as those who have an indirect, inherent or secondary contribution to the crime. 3. Security and legal stability. The law aims to achieve security, stability and assurance for individuals within society by listing criminal acts and the punishments assigned to them such as capital punishment, imprisonment and fines. the law as there is no crime without a provision and no penalties could be imposed except for those that are provided for by law. This reflects the legal stability which ensures security for people and offenders themselves as they are subjected only to penalties that are provided for by the law. 17 Sarur, 1992. Al-Wsit in penal code, p. 8. 18