Sentencing - national proceedings

Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan - Criminal Code 1999 (2018) (EN)

''General provision Chapter 1. Tasks and principles of the criminal law of the Republic of Azerbaijan Article 8. Principle of validity''

8.1. Punishment and other measures of criminal - legal nature instituted to the person, who has committed a crime, shall be fair, and shall correspond to nature and a degree of public danger of a crime, circumstances of committing it and nature of a guilty person.

General provision Chapter 1. Tasks and principles of the criminal law of the Republic of Azerbaijan Article 9. Principle of humanism
9.2. Penalties and other measures of criminal legal nature, applicable to a person, who has committed a crime, shall not have the character or purpose of torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment.

General provision Chapter 1. Tasks and principles of the criminal law of the Republic of Azerbaijan Article 9. Principle of humanism
9.2. Penalties and other measures of criminal legal nature, applicable to a person, who has committed a crime, shall not have the character or purpose of torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment.

General provision Chapter 1. Tasks and principles of the criminal law of the Republic of Azerbaijan Article 9. Principle of humanism
9.2. Penalties and other measures of criminal legal nature, applicable to a person, who has committed a crime, shall not have the character or purpose of torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment.

General provision Chapter 1. Tasks and principles of the criminal law of the Republic of Azerbaijan Article 9. Principle of humanism
9.2. Penalties and other measures of criminal legal nature, applicable to a person, who has committed a crime, shall not have the character or purpose of torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment.

Rome Statute

Article 76 Sentencing

1. In the event of a conviction, the Trial Chamber shall consider the appropriate sentence to be imposed and shall take into account the evidence presented and submissions made during the trial that are relevant to the sentence.

2. Except where article 65 applies and before the completion of the trial, the Trial Chamber may on its own motion and shall, at the request of the Prosecutor or the accused, hold a further hearing to hear any additional evidence or submissions relevant to the sentence, in accordance with the Rules of Procedure and Evidence.

3. Where paragraph 2 applies, any representations under article 75 shall be heard during the further hearing referred to in paragraph 2 and, if necessary, during any additional hearing.

4. The sentence shall be pronounced in public and, wherever possible, in the presence of the accused.