INVESTIGATION OF THE PRINCIPLES OF DRUG CONTROL LAWS AND CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY OF MINORS IN THE REPUBLIC OF AZERBAIJAN

Abstract

As data suggested, the number of crimes committed by minors in the Republic of Azerbaijan was very small compared to other crimes, most of which had been committed by people aged 16 to 17. In 2005, 60 adolescents aged 14-15 and 488 aged 16 to 17 were prosecuted in the Republic of Azerbaijan. The Republic of Azerbaijan ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child on July 21, 1992, the Universal Declaration on the Survival, Protection, and Development of Children on May 5, 1993, and the Law on Justice for Adolescents on June 28, 1993. The Convention on the Minimum Standard Rules for the Enforcement of Judgments, etc., has joined international agreements. Accordingly, the study aimed to review the principles of drug control laws and criminal responsibility of minors in the Republic of Azerbaijan. In this research, via a descriptive and analytical method, the written laws on the laws of Azerbaijan were examined and the possible challenges were stated. Studies had indicated that in Azerbaijani laws, minors did not have full criminal responsibility; as soon as they reach a certain age, such as the legal age of majority, as adults, but under the special regime from the beginning of the age of criminal responsibility (14 years old) to the beginning of criminal age (18 years old), minors and juveniles were punished but that severe punishments could not be enforced against them.