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
- JANUARY 1, 2006TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty was retained for five crimes:
The death penalty was retained for five crimes:
- OCTOBER 24, 2005TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty was retained for five crimes
The death penalty was retained for five crimes
- MARCH 17, 2005AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
AFGHANISTAN. 4 SENTENCED TO DEATH IN ATTACKS ON FOREIGNERS
an Afghan court sentenced four people to death for planning two attacks in 2004 that killed 12 people, including four Americans, a senior judge said, blaming both incidents on Al Qaeda.
- FEBRUARY 15, 2005TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
rights activists welcomed the abolition of capital punishment in Tajikistan
rights activists welcomed the abolition of capital punishment in Tajikistan
- FEBRUARY 12, 2005TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
President Emomali Rakhmonov of Tajikistan is expected to sign a bill...
President Emomali Rakhmonov of Tajikistan is expected to sign a bill...
- NOVEMBER 30, 2004TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
amendments were introduced to the Tajik Criminal Code envisaging life imprisonment
amendments were introduced to the Tajik Criminal Code envisaging life imprisonment
- JULY 8, 2004TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
The upper house of the Tajik parliament, the National...
The upper house of the Tajik parliament, the National Assembly, endorsed a new law implementing a moratorium on the death penalty in the country and replacing capital punishment with a prison term
- JUNE 16, 2004TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
The European Union issued a press release regarding...
The European Union issued a press release regarding progress in Tajikistan towards a moratorium on the death penalty
- JUNE 10, 2004TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
Leaders of Central Asian governments gathered in the...
Leaders of Central Asian governments gathered in the Tajik capital of Dushanbe for a two-day conference entitled "The Death Penalty and the Right to Live
- JUNE 2, 2004TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
Tajikistan's lower house of parliament passed a moratorium...
Tajikistan's lower house of parliament passed a moratorium on carrying out the death penalty in the country
- MAY 7, 2004TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
Tajikistani President Emomali Rakhmonov submitted for...
Tajikistani President Emomali Rakhmonov submitted for consideration of the lower house of the national parliament a draft law which would put into place a moratorium on executions
- APRIL 30, 2004TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
Tajikistan is to suspend the death penalty, its president...
Tajikistan is to suspend the death penalty, its president said, making Uzbekistan the only country among the five ex-Soviet Central Asian states to carry out capital punishment