Azerbaijan
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
Data card
- Legal status
- Abolitionist
- Executions recorded in 2026
- 0
- Executions recorded in 2025
- 0
- First news item in the archive
- JANUARY 1, 1999 · Azerbaijan has observed a moratorium on executions...
- News items in the archive
- 51
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
Azerbaijan is classified as Abolitionist in the Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026. In 2026 the association recorded 0 executions in the country, against 0 the year before. The archive holds 51 news items on Azerbaijan, from 1999 to today.
Latest news
- OCTOBER 13, 2022ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
EU AND COUNCIL OF EUROPE CALL ON ARMENIA AND AZERBAIJAN TO JOIN PROTOCOL ON BANNING DEATH PENALTY
On the occasion of the European and World Day against the Death Penalty, the European Union (EU) and the Council of Europe firmly reiterated their unequivocal opposition to the death penalty at all times, in all places and in all circumstances.
- JANUARY 1, 2020AzerbaijanDEATH PENALTY
Parliament voted for abolition on February 10, 1998 following an initiative by President Ilham Aliyev in January 1998.
Parliament voted for abolition on February 10, 1998 following an initiative by President Ilham Aliyev in January 1998.
- JANUARY 1, 2019AzerbaijanDEATH PENALTY
Parliament voted for abolition on February 10, 1998 following an initiative by President Ilham Aliyev in January 1998.
Parliament voted for abolition on February 10, 1998 following an initiative by President Ilham Aliyev in January 1998.
- JANUARY 1, 2018AzerbaijanDEATH PENALTY
Parliament voted for abolition on February 10, 1998 following an initiative by President Ilham Aliyev in January 1998.
Parliament voted for abolition on February 10, 1998 following an initiative by President Ilham Aliyev in January 1998.
- JANUARY 1, 2017AzerbaijanDEATH PENALTY
Parliament voted for abolition on February 10, 1998 following an initiative by President Ilham Aliyev in January 1998.
Parliament voted for abolition on February 10, 1998 following an initiative by President Ilham Aliyev in January 1998.
- JANUARY 1, 2016AzerbaijanDEATH PENALTY
Parliament voted for abolition on February 10, 1998 following an initiative by President Ilham Aliyev in January 1998.
Parliament voted for abolition on February 10, 1998 following an initiative by President Ilham Aliyev in January 1998.
- JANUARY 1, 2015AzerbaijanDEATH PENALTY
Parliament voted for abolition on February 10, 1998 following an initiative by President Ilham Aliyev in January 1998.
Parliament voted for abolition on February 10, 1998 following an initiative by President Ilham Aliyev in January 1998.
- JANUARY 1, 2014AzerbaijanDEATH PENALTY
Parliament voted for abolition on February 10, 1998 following an initiative by President Ilham Aliyev in January 1998.
Parliament voted for abolition on February 10, 1998 following an initiative by President Ilham Aliyev in January 1998.
- JANUARY 1, 2013AzerbaijanDEATH PENALTY
Parliament voted for abolition on February 10, 1998 following an initiative by President Ilham Aliyev in January 1998.
Parliament voted for abolition on February 10, 1998 following an initiative by President Ilham Aliyev in January 1998.
- JANUARY 1, 2012AzerbaijanDEATH PENALTY
Parliament voted for abolition on February 10, 1998 following an initiative by President Ilham Aliyev in January 1998.
Parliament voted for abolition on February 10, 1998 following an initiative by President Ilham Aliyev in January 1998.
- MAY 10, 2011AzerbaijanDEATH PENALTY
AZERBAIJAN: MINISTER CONSIDERS IT IMPOSSIBLE TO RESTORE DEATH PENALTY
Azerbaijani Deputy Justice Minister head Madat Guliyev said it is impossible to restore the
- JANUARY 1, 2011AzerbaijanDEATH PENALTY
Parliament voted for abolition on February 10, 1998 following an initiative by President Ilham Aliyev in January 1998.
Parliament voted for abolition on February 10, 1998 following an initiative by President Ilham Aliyev in January 1998.
- JANUARY 1, 2010AzerbaijanDEATH PENALTY
Parliament voted for abolition on February 10, 1998 following an initiative by President Ilham Aliyev in January 1998.
Parliament voted for abolition on February 10, 1998 following an initiative by President Ilham Aliyev in January 1998.
- JANUARY 1, 2009AzerbaijanDEATH PENALTY
Parliament voted for abolition on February 10, 1998 following an initiative by President Ilham Aliyev in January 1998.
Parliament voted for abolition on February 10, 1998 following an initiative by President Ilham Aliyev in January 1998.
- MAY 1, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: AZERBAIJANI ON DEATH ROW IN CHINA MAY HAVE SENTENCE COMMUTED
the Azerbaijani ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to China...
- JANUARY 1, 2008AzerbaijanDEATH PENALTY
Parliament voted for abolition on February 10, 1998 following an initiative by President Ilham Aliyev in January 1998.
Parliament voted for abolition on February 10, 1998 following an initiative by President Ilham Aliyev in January 1998.
- DECEMBER 18, 2007AzerbaijanDEATH PENALTY
Azerbaijan voted in favour of the Resolution...
Azerbaijan voted in favour of the Resolution...
- JANUARY 1, 2007AzerbaijanDEATH PENALTY
Parliament voted for abolition on February 10, 1998 following an initiative by President Ilham Aliyev in January 1998.
Parliament voted for abolition on February 10, 1998 following an initiative by President Ilham Aliyev in January 1998.
- JUNE 12, 2006AzerbaijanDEATH PENALTY
AZERBAIJAN. PRISONERS ON DEATH ON HUNGER STRIKE
109 prisoners whose verdict was replaced by life imprisonment after abolishment of capital punishment launched hunger strike.
- MARCH 14, 2006AzerbaijanDEATH PENALTY
AZERBAIJAN. RIGHTS ACTIVIST SAYS "INFORMAL MORATORIUM" ON DEATH PENALTY
it was reported that a death row inmate in Azerbaijan had appealed to the presidential administration to be executed by shooting. He had been sentenced to death before the abolition of capital punishment but his sentence had not been de jure commuted to l
- JANUARY 1, 2006AzerbaijanDEATH PENALTY
Parliament voted for abolition on February 10, 1998 following an initiative by President Ilham Aliyev in January 1998.
Parliament voted for abolition on February 10, 1998 following an initiative by President Ilham Aliyev in January 1998.
- APRIL 20, 2005AzerbaijanDEATH PENALTY
Azerbaijan was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty at the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights.
Azerbaijan was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty at the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights.
- JANUARY 1, 2005AzerbaijanDEATH PENALTY
Parliament voted for abolition on February 10, 1998 following an initiative by President Ilham Aliyev in January 1998.
Parliament voted for abolition on February 10, 1998 following an initiative by President Ilham Aliyev in January 1998.
- APRIL 21, 2004AzerbaijanDEATH PENALTY
Azerbaijan was a cosponsor of the resolution on the...
Azerbaijan was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty at the 60th UN Commission on Human Rights
- APRIL 7, 2004AzerbaijanDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty is envisaged for 14 crimes.
The death penalty is envisaged for 14 crimes.
- JULY 22, 2003AzerbaijanDEATH PENALTY
"Several days ago, the Tabriz Revolutionary Court ruled...
"Several days ago, the Tabriz Revolutionary Court ruled that a leader of the student movement, Ms Faramaz Mohammadi, be executed," the Azerbaijani newspaper Xalq Qazeti reported
- APRIL 24, 2003AzerbaijanDEATH 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, in Geneva
- FEBRUARY 21, 2003AzerbaijanDEATH PENALTY
An Azerbaijani national was sentenced to death in Kazakhstan...
An Azerbaijani national was sentenced to death in Kazakhstan for murdering five people
- JANUARY 1, 2003AzerbaijanDEATH PENALTY
Azerbaijan had observed a moratorium on executions...
Azerbaijan had observed a moratorium on executions since 1993, motivated by the desire to join the Council of Europe
- JANUARY 1, 2003AzerbaijanDEATH PENALTY
The last execution took place in 1992
The last execution took place in 1992