Penitentiary field

According to the “Regulation on Pardon” approved by the Decree of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan dated June 18, 2001, an application for pardon may be submitted by a convicted person, his/her defense counsel, representative or legal representative. An application for pardon may be submitted for a person sentenced to correctional labor, restriction of freedom, detention in a disciplinary military unit, restriction in military service and imprisonment for a crime that does not pose a major public danger - after the sentence enters into legal force, for a person sentenced to imprisonment for a less serious crime - after serving at least one third of the sentence, for a person sentenced to imprisonment for a serious and especially serious crime - after serving at least half of the sentence, for a person sentenced to life imprisonment - after serving ten years of the sentence, for a conviction to be expunged - after the convicted person has served the sentence. The issue of pardon may also be raised by a deputy of the Milli Majlis of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Commissioner for Human Rights, the body executing the sentence, an international or non-governmental organization on their own initiative. The commissions for the protection of minors' affairs and rights may also submit petitions for the pardon of persons who were between the ages of fourteen and eighteen at the time of committing a crime and who were convicted by the courts of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

Amnesty is the release from punishment imposed or to be imposed on individuals who have committed violations of the law, or the reduction of the term of the sentence imposed on them, or the replacement of the unserved part of the sentence with a lighter type of punishment. The amnesty act is adopted by the Milli Majlis of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Amnesty is the release from punishment imposed on individuals who have been convicted by courts, or the reduction of the term of the sentence imposed on them, or the replacement of the unserved part of the sentence with a lighter type of punishment. Amnesty is carried out by the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

In accordance with Articles 76 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan, 170 of the Code of Execution of Sentences, and 513 of the Criminal Procedure Code, the institution of conditional early release of prisoners from punishment is implemented after serving half of the sentence in general less severe regime, two-thirds of the sentence in general severe regime, three-quarters of the sentence in severe regime, and 25 years in life imprisonment.