TJ Criminal Executive Code EN 2011: TJ Criminal Executive Code EN 2011

The report states that this is the English-language text of the Criminal Executive Code of the Republic of Tajikistan, adopted on 6 August 2001 by Law No. 32 under President Emomali Rakhmonov, superseding the 1970 Tajik SSR Criminal Executive Code. The Code regulates the execution of criminal sentences and related penal measures. The report states that Article 1 establishes that criminal executive legislation is based on the Constitution and must conform to international legal acts and treaties recognised by Tajikistan. Article 3 sets the goals as correction of convicted persons and prevention of new crimes; its objectives include regulating the order and conditions of execution and serving of punishment, identifying means of correction, protecting the rights, freedoms and legal interests of convicted persons, and rendering assistance in social adaptation. The report states that Article 4 identifies the grounds for execution of sentence as court orders in legal force and acts of amnesty or pardon. Articles 6 and 7 address transfer and extradition arrangements, including the rule that citizens of Tajikistan sentenced by Tajik courts are not subject to extradition. The report states that Article 10 enshrines the principle of humanity, strictly prohibiting torture, cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment, and non-consensual medical or scientific experiments on convicted persons. Article 9 requires equal treatment regardless of social, property, political, racial, national, linguistic, religious or other status, while Article 11 provides for participation of relatives and public associations in correctional measures.