Capital punishment in Tajikistan
Capital punishment in Tajikistan is allowed by Article 18 of the 1999 Constitution of Tajikistan, which provides:
"Every person has the right to life. No person may be deprived of life except by the verdict of a court for a very serious crime."[1]
The last known execution took place in 2004. That same year, a moratorium was issued on capital punishment by president Emomali Rahmon.
Tajikistan is not signatory to the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which aims to abolish the death penalty.[2]
References
- The 1994 Constitution of the Republic of Tajikistan, English translation (raw draft)
- Ratification of Second Optional Protocol on abolition of death penalty
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