01.05.2025
Plenum
of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Azerbaijan, chaired by Farhad
Abdullayev, held a regular session.
At the court session was examined the constitutional
case based on the inquiry of the Baku Court on Grave Crimes on interpretation of
Article 522 of the Criminal Procedure Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan in
terms of the requirements of Part V of Article 125 and Part I of Article 60 of
the Constitution of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
Having heard the report of Judge R.Gvaladze,
studied and discussed the reports of interested parties – Baku Court on Grave Crimes and Staff of the Milli
Majlis (Parliament), the conclusions of specialists – Supreme Court,
Prosecutor's Office of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Baku Court of Appeal, Bar
Association, opinion of expert – Head of the Department of Criminal
Procedure of Baku State University, Doctor of Law, Professor F. Abbasova, the Plenum of
Constitutional Court of the Republic of Azerbaijan adopted decision.
The decision states that in accordance with the
requirements of Part V of Article 125 and Part I of Article 60 of the
Constitution of the Republic of Azerbaijan, it is inadmissible for the court to
recognize the verdict of a foreign court in a manner other than Article 522 of
the Criminal Procedure Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan and to count the
sentence served by the verdict of a foreign court towards the term of sentence
to be imposed on the accused when imposing a sentence on him/her for a set of
crimes.
The decision comes into force from the date of its publication, is final, and may not be cancelled, changed or officially interpreted by any institution or official.
