Azerbaijan signs European protocol on abolition of death penalty PHOTO

Upon the order of the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev dated February 3, the Permanent Representative of Azerbaijan to the Council of Europe Fakhraddin Ismayilov on March 8 in the presence of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe Maria Peychinovich Buric, signed Protocol No. 13 on the abolition of the death penalty in all cases of the "Convention For the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms".

"Acting upon the Order of the President of Azerbaijan from 3 February, today [on March 8] I had the honour to sign Protocol 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights, concerning the abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances that reaffirms Azerbaijan's commitment to the right to life," Ismayilov wrote on Twitter, according to Caliber.Az.

By acceding to Protocol No. 13 after the completion of the relevant ratification process in the country, Azerbaijan will officially confirm its intention to completely ban the death penalty, including for crimes committed in wartime or under the imminent threat of war, as well as guarantee the right to life at the highest level.