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
- JANUARY 1, 2003AzerbaijanDEATH PENALTY
Azerbaijan abolished the death penalty in February...
Azerbaijan abolished the death penalty in February 1998 for all crimes committed during peacetime
- AUGUST 5, 2002AzerbaijanDEATH PENALTY
Azerbaijani President Heydar Aliyev said that the decisions...
Azerbaijani President Heydar Aliyev said that the decisions of the Turkish parliament on the eve of the country's accession to the European Union [to abolish the death penalty, air TV programmes in Kurdish and others] were "very important"
- AUGUST 5, 2002AzerbaijanDEATH PENALTY
Azerbaijani President Heydar Aliyev said that the decisions...
Azerbaijani President Heydar Aliyev said that the decisions of the Turkish parliament on the eve of the country's accession to the European Union [to abolish the death penalty, air TV programmes in Kurdish and others] were "very important"
- APRIL 15, 2002AzerbaijanDEATH PENALTY
Apri 15, 2002: an Azerbaijani representative submitted...
Apri 15, 2002: an Azerbaijani representative submitted to the Council of Europe documents confirming the ratification of a number of European conventions
- JANUARY 1, 2002AzerbaijanDEATH 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
- DECEMBER 10, 2001AzerbaijanDEATH PENALTY
The Human Rights Centre of Azerbaijan centre said that...
The Human Rights Centre of Azerbaijan centre said that after the country's admission to the Council of Europe, the number of political prisoners in the country reached 743
- NOVEMBER 7, 2001AzerbaijanDEATH PENALTY
The Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan, Vilayat Guliyev,...
The Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan, Vilayat Guliyev, in the presence of Council of Europe Secretary General Walter Schwimmer, signed five Council of Europe conventions
- AUGUST 17, 2001AzerbaijanDEATH PENALTY
The Azerbaijani TV station ANS reported that President...
The Azerbaijani TV station ANS reported that President Heydar Aliyev issued a decree pardoning 95 prisoners
- MAY 16, 2001AzerbaijanDEATH PENALTY
A new law "On extraditing criminals" adopted by the...
A new law "On extraditing criminals" adopted by the Milli Maclis [parliament] states that "in case of death penalty, a criminal can be extradited only if the demanding country gives enough guarantees that the punishment will not be carried out
- JANUARY 25, 2001AzerbaijanDEATH PENALTY
Azerbaijan was officially admitted to the Council of Europe
Azerbaijan was officially admitted to the Council of Europe
- JANUARY 1, 2001AzerbaijanDEATH 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
- NOVEMBER 7, 2000AzerbaijanDEATH PENALTY
The Committee of CE Foreign Ministers' Council (permanent...
The Committee of CE Foreign Ministers' Council (permanent representatives of member countries) postponed its decision on the admission of Azerbaijan into the Council of Europe
- JUNE 28, 2000AzerbaijanDEATH PENALTY
The Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly voted...
The Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly voted in favour of the Azerbaijani application for membership to the Council of Europe
- APRIL 28, 2000AzerbaijanDEATH PENALTY
Azerbaijani President Heydar Aliyev was included in...
Azerbaijani President Heydar Aliyev was included in the list of nominees under consideration for the Nobel Peace Prize
- APRIL 26, 2000AzerbaijanDEATH PENALTY
Azerbaijan cosponsored the resolution on the death...
Azerbaijan cosponsored the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 26 (no
- MARCH 8, 2000AzerbaijanDEATH PENALTY
Eldar Zeynalov said that over that period, nearly 50...
Eldar Zeynalov said that over that period, nearly 50 prisoners had died before the death penalty was executed
- FEBRUARY 14, 2000AzerbaijanDEATH PENALTY
Eldar Zeynalov, director of the Human Rights Resource...
Eldar Zeynalov, director of the Human Rights Resource Centre, said that according to data from the Supreme Court a total of 170 people were executed between 1992 and February 1998
- JANUARY 1, 2000AzerbaijanDEATH 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
- 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