Capital punishment in Tajikistan
Capital punishment in Tajikistan is allowed by Article 18 of the 1999 Constitution of Tajikistan as a punishment for "particularly serious crimes".[1]
"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."
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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