The Ministry of Justice prepares draft legislative acts, provides opinions on drafts, maintains the State Register of Legal Acts of the Republic of Azerbaijan, and conducts mandatory legal review of normative legal acts of central executive authorities and acts of normative nature (except for decisions of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Azerbaijan).
This activity is carried out by the Main Department for Legislation of the Ministry of Justice.
The activities of the Ministry in the field of legislation include:
• preparation of draft normative legal acts to ensure alignment of existing legislation with newly adopted legislative acts;
• providing legal opinions on the compliance of draft legal acts and draft international treaties with the Constitution and legislation of the Republic of Azerbaijan;
• maintaining the State Register of Legal Acts and conducting mandatory legal review of legal acts submitted for inclusion in the Register, in cases specified by legislation;
• preparation of the new draft legal acts within the framework of the implementation of state programs, strategies, action plans, and instructions of the leadership;
• providing legal opinions and proposals on requests submitted by state bodies and institutions;
• participating in the provision of opinions on issues relating to the legal force of international treaties, as well as other matters concerning their entry into force and implementation;
• participating in the preparation of periodic reports submitted by the Republic of Azerbaijan to international organizations regarding the implementation of obligations arising from international treaties;
• maintaining a unified internet information resource of legal acts;
• providing explanations on legislation upon requests from legal entities and individuals;
• raising issues before the relevant authorities (institutions) on the repeal or amendment of acts of normative nature (except for decisions of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Azerbaijan) and normative legal acts of central executive authorities that do not comply with the Constitution and laws of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
