Intoxication - national proceedings

Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan - Criminal Code (EN) 1999

General provision

SECTION II
CRIME

CHAPTER 4
PERSONS SUBJECTED TO CRIMINAL LIABILITY

Article 23. Criminal liability for a crime accomplished in a condition of intoxication

The person, who has committed a crime in a condition of intoxication, irrespective of the reasons of intoxication (the use of alcohol, narcotics or other strong substances), shall be not released from the criminal liability.

Azerbaijan - Criminal Code 1999 (amend 2018) (EN)

''Section II. Crime Chapter 4.Persons subjected to criminal liability Article 23. Criminal liability for a crime accomplished in a condition of intoxication''

The person, who has committed a crime in a condition of intoxication, irrespective of the reasons of intoxication (the use of alcohol, narcotics or other strong substances), shall not be released from the criminal liability.

Rome Statute

Article 31 Grounds for excluding criminal responsibility

1. In addition to other grounds for excluding criminal responsibility provided for in this Statute, a person shall not be criminally responsible if, at the time of that person's conduct:

(b) The person is in a state of intoxication that destroys that person's capacity to appreciate the unlawfulness or nature of his or her conduct, or capacity to control his or her conduct to conform to the requirements of law, unless the person has become voluntarily intoxicated under such circumstances that the person knew, or disregarded the risk, that, as a result of the intoxication, he or she was likely to engage in conduct constituting a crime within the jurisdiction of the Court;