Capital punishment in Tajikistan

Capital punishment in Tajikistan is allowed by Article 18 of the 1999 Constitution of Tajikistan as a punishment for "particularly serious crimes".^[1]

"Every person has the right to life. No person may be deprived of life except by the verdict of a court for a very serious crime."

Tajikistan is not signatory to the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which aims to abolish the death penalty.^[2]

References

↑ The 1994 Constitution of the Republic of Tajikistan, English translation (raw draft)
↑ Ratification of Second Optional Protocol on abolition of death penalty

Capital punishment

Retentionist countries	Afghanistan Bahamas Bangladesh Belarus Botswana China Cuba Egypt Guatemala India Indonesia Iran Iraq Jamaica Japan Jordan Lebanon Malaysia Nigeria North Korea Pakistan Saudi Arabia Singapore Somalia Syria Taiwan Thailand United Arab Emirates United States Vietnam Yemen

Abolitionist in practice countries	Kenya Laos Mongolia Russia South Korea Sri Lanka Tajikistan Tonga

Abolitionist for ordinary crimes only	Brazil Israel

Abolitionist countries	Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Belgium Bhutan Bulgaria Canada Croatia Cyprus Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Ireland Italy Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Mexico Netherlands New Zealand Norway Philippines Poland Portugal Romania San Marino Serbia South Africa Spain Suriname Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom Uzbekistan Venezuela

Current methods	Hanging Shooting/Firing squad Lethal injection Electrocution Gas inhalation Beheading

Ancient methods	Bestiarii Damnatio ad bestias Elephant Blood eagle Blowing from a gun Brazen bull Boiling Breaking wheel Burial Burning Crushing Disembowelment Dismemberment Drowning Republican marriage Falling Flaying Garrote Hanged, drawn and quartered Immurement Impalement Ishikozume Mazzatello Sawing Scaphism Slow slicing Suffocation in ash Upright jerker Waist chop

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Capital punishment in Asia

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States with limited recognition	Abkhazia Nagorno-Karabakh Northern Cyprus Palestine South Ossetia Taiwan

Dependencies and other territories	British Indian Ocean Territory Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Hong Kong Macau

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