Tajikistan
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- presidential republic
- CONSTITUTION
- November 6, 1994
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on civil law; no judicial review of legislative acts
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- bicameral Supreme Assembly (Majlisi Oli), composed of the Assembly of Representatives and the National Assembly
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court, judges appointed by the President
RELIGIONS
85% Sunnis, 5% Shiites, 10% other
From the country
- APRIL 14, 2011TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
TAJIK PARLIAMENT PASSES PRISON REFORM LAW
Tajikstan's lower chamber of parliament voted to improve prison conditions for convicts
- MARCH 29, 2011TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
TAJIKISTAN: MAJORITY OF POPULATION AGAINST DEATH PENALTY
according to the findings of survey conducted by the Nota Bene public association
- JANUARY 1, 2011TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty was retained for five crimes:
The death penalty was retained for five crimes:
- NOVEMBER 10, 2010TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
TAJIKISTAN SET TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY IN 'NEAR FUTURE' - SENIOR OFFICIAL
Tajikistan is a "few steps away" from abolishing capital punishment as a moratorium
- JANUARY 1, 2010TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty was retained for five crimes:
The death penalty was retained for five crimes:
- OCTOBER 9, 2009TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
TAJIKISTAN DOESN’T INTEND TO CANCEL DEATH PENALTY MORATORIUM
Tajikistan does not intend to cancel the death penalty moratorium enacted at President Emomali Rakhmon’s initiative in 2004, Tajik Supreme Court Chairman Nusratullo Abdullayev told a press conference.
- JANUARY 1, 2009TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty was retained for five crimes:
The death penalty was retained for five crimes:
- JANUARY 1, 2008TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty was retained for five crimes
The death penalty was retained for five crimes
- DECEMBER 18, 2007TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
Tajikistan voted in favour of the Resolution on a...
Tajikistan voted in favour of the Resolution on a...
- MARCH 29, 2007KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
CENTRAL ASIAN COUNTRIES NEARING ABOLITION
activists hope the countries of Central Asia will soon abolish capital punishment. Turkmenistan abolished the death penalty in 1999.
- JANUARY 1, 2007TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty was retained for five crimes:
The death penalty was retained for five crimes:
- FEBRUARY 12, 2006KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
CENTRAL ASIA. ACTIVISTS CAMPAIGN TO END DEATH PENALTY
human rights activists from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan met to plan a two-year campaign to abolish the death penalty in Central Asia.