Azerbaijan
2026
STATUSAbolitionist
EXECUTIONS 20260
SENTENCES0
- GOVERNMENT
- presidential republic
- CONSTITUTION
- approved on November 12, 1995; amended in 2002, 2009, 2016
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on civil law; not subject to the jurisdiction of the ICJ
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- unicameral, National Assembly (Milli Mejlis)
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court (composed of the president, vice president, and 23 judges in plenary session and organized into civil, economic, criminal, and human rights chambers); Constitutional Court (composed of 9 judges); Courts of Appeal (replaced the Economic Court in 2002); district and municipal courts
RELIGIONS
Muslims 97.3% (predominantly Shia), Christians 2.6%, others <0.1, non-affiliated <0.1 (estimate 2020)
From the country
- APRIL 28, 1999AzerbaijanDEATH PENALTY
Azerbaijan was a cosponsor of the resolution on the...
Azerbaijan was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 28 (1999/61)
- JANUARY 22, 1999AzerbaijanDEATH PENALTY
On January 22, Azerbaijan acceded to the Second Optional...
On January 22, Azerbaijan acceded to the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights aiming at the abolition of the death penalty
- JANUARY 1, 1999AzerbaijanDEATH PENALTY
Azerbaijan has observed a moratorium on executions...
Azerbaijan has observed a moratorium on executions since 1993, motivated by the desire to join the Council of Europe which has coaxed prospective members to eliminate the death penalty