Tajikistan

Criminal Executive Code of the Republic of Tajikistan

GENERAL PART

Section I. Principal provisions of the criminal executive legislation of the Republic of Tajikistan

Chapter 1. General provisions

Article 11. Principle of democracy

1. Application of correctional measures to convicted persons shall be implemented by developing their useful initiative, self-government in collaboration with amateur organizations, close relatives and other persons, who can positively influence them.

2. The public may participate in correcting convicted persons, rendering assistance to released persons in arrangement of employment and living conditions, as well as in activities of the criminal executive institutions and bodies.

3. Activities of the criminal executive institutions and bodies shall be implemented on the basis of publicity and coordination with public organizations and mass media.

Article 12. Principle of justice and stimulation of law-abiding conduct

1. Conduct of convicted persons while serving their sentence, observance of the established rules, attitude to labor and study shall be taken into account while changing conditions of detention, extending or reducing limitations of rights within the limits specified by law.

2. While making decisions on application of stimulation and punishment measures on convicted persons, officials shall be impartial and governed only by the law.

Article 13. Principle of differentiation and individualization of execution of a sentence

Criminal punishments shall be executed in accordance with the requirements of its differentiation and individualization, and the character and degree of public danger of the crime committed, personality of a convicted person, his conduct during serving a sentence, attitude of a convicted person to labor and other circumstances shall be taken into consideration.

Article 14. Correction of convicted persons and its main means

1. Correction of a convicted person refers to forming his respectful attitude to a man, society, labor, norms, rules and traditions of the community, and stimulating his law-abiding conduct.

2. The main means of correction include the established order of execution and serving of a sentence (regime), educational activities, labor, general education, professional training and public influence.

3. The means of correction shall be used by taking into account type of punishment, character and degree of public danger of the crime committed, personality of a convicted person and his conduct.

Keywords

Enforcement of sentences imposed



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