2019-07-11 The Plenum of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Azerbaijan held a regular session

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2019 Jul

The Plenum of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Azerbaijan, chaired by Farhad Abdullayev, held its regular session via the procedure of special proceeding. 

At session was examined the constitutional case on interpretation of Articles 1, 5, 18, 61 and 65 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan from the point of view of Article 148 of the Constitution of the Republic of Azerbaijan and Minsk Convention “On Legal Assistance and Legal Relations in Civil, Family and Criminal Cases”.

Having heard the report of Judge M.Muradov, the reports of the legal representatives of the subjects interested in special constitutional proceedings, conclusions of expert, examined the materials of the case the Plenum of Constitutional Court of the Republic of Azerbaijan adopted decision.

The decision states  that  in accordance with the part II of Article 148 of the Constitution of the Republic of Azerbaijan, provisions of Article 1.2 of Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan and Article 521 of Criminal Procedure Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the courts of the Republic of Azerbaijan, when imposing a sentence, shall consider issues of criminal record, which arose on the basis of sentences of courts of foreign States only under international treaties to which the Republic of Azerbaijan is a party to.

Taking into consideration the importance at the current stage of the activities of States in the field of combating crime and inter-State cooperation in criminal matters, to recommend to the Milli Majlis of the Republic of Azerbaijan to improve in the Criminal and Criminal Procedure Codes of the Republic of Azerbaijan the procedure for recognizing and registration the sentences of foreign courts under international treaties to which the Republic of Azerbaijan is a party to.

The decision come into force from the date of its publication, is final, and may not be cancelled, changed or officially interpreted by any institution or official.