Azerbaijan

Population Statistics

9,780,780

Total Population

1,467,117

Population with a disability

according to World Health Organization’s 15% estimate

Election Dates

28 January 2009

Ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities


Election Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan (2003, last amended 2013)

Updated: June 2015

Article 3 states:

Citizens of the Republic of Azerbaijan shall have the right to elect, be elected to and participate in referendums, regardless of their race, ethnicity, religion, language, gender, origin, property status, office position, beliefs, affiliation with political parties, trade unions or other public associations, or any other status.

 

Excerpt from the Election Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan (2003, last amended 2013)

Constitution of the Azerbaijan Republic (1995, last amended 2009)

Updated: June 2015

Article 56 states:

Persons whose incapacity has been determined by the court shall not have the right to participate in the elections as well as in the referendum…”

 

Excerpt from the Constitution of the Azerbaijan Republic (1995, last amended 2009)