Azerbaijan Announces Tougher Ban On Death Penalty
(MENAFN- AzerNews)
Fatima Hasanova read more Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has tightened the ban on the
death penalty, Azernews reports.
The Azerbaijani president has authorized the relevant agency to
ratify Protocol No. 13 to the convention for the Protection of
Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, which calls for the complete
abolishment of the death penalty.
According to Fuad Alasgarov, an assistant to the President of
Azerbaijan, the decision to sign Protocol No. 13 is timed to
coincide with the 25th anniversary of the abolition of the death
penalty in Azerbaijan, although in 1993 Azerbaijani President
Heydar Aliyev introduced a moratorium on the execution of death
sentences.
In his historic speech to the parliament on February 3, 1998,
national leader Heydar Aliyev emphasized that everyone has an
unalienable right to life and that the death penalty is an unjust
punishment that violates human dignity. He also expressed his
confidence that the abolishment of the death penalty would not only
be a historic event but also a key step in the humanization of
criminal law policy and the reform of capital punishment.
Azerbaijan was the first nation in the East to abolish the death
penalty as a result of this initiative, which was founded on
humanism, justice, and freedom.
Along with passing the key pieces of national legislation ending
the death penalty, the great leader also spearheaded the nation's
ratification of Protocol No. 6 of the Convention for the Protection
of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and the Second Optional
Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political
Rights, which seeks to end the death penalty.
Despite the fact that the death penalty was prohibited by these
1980 international agreements, war crimes still carried the death
penalty. To abolish the death penalty in all circumstances,
however, international human rights law continued to advance,
leading to the adoption of Protocol No. 13 of the Convention for
the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.
Azerbaijan never intended to use the death penalty because of
the humanistic policies of the government, and no crimes are
covered by national legislation. On the contrary, deliberate and
ongoing efforts are being made to further liberalize the criminal
justice system.
President Ilham Aliyev's action demonstrated once more his
commitment to upholding the highest standard of human rights, he
concluded.
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