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 2. Legal status of convicted persons

Article 21. Ensuring freedom of conscience and religion of convicted persons

1. Convicted persons shall be guaranteed freedom of conscience and religion. Each convicted person has a right to determine independently his attitude to religion, practice any religion separately or jointly with other people or practice no religion, participate in performing religious cults, rituals and ceremonies, freely choose and have religious or atheistic convictions and act according to them.

2. If requested, persons serving their penalty of limitation of liberty may be permitted to visit institutions of religion within the administrative territory where a correctional center is situated.

3. If requested, ministers of the religious institutions registered in established order may be invited for persons who serve their penalties of confinement or deprivation of liberty (except for convicted persons, who are kept in isolation wards, punitive and disciplinary isolators, cell-types room and solitary confinement cells). Convicted persons are allowed to perform religious ceremonies and use cult objects and religious literature in the institutions in charge of execution of a sentence according to order established by legislation of the Republic of Tajikistan. Administration shall provide appropriate place for those purposes.

4. If requested, before execution of a sentence seriously sick convicted persons and persons sentenced to death penalty shall be given a chance to perform necessary religious ceremonies with invitation of ministers of religion.

5. Performance of any religious ceremonies shall not violate the internal regulations and infringe rights of other convicted persons serving their punishment.

Keywords

Enforcement of sentences imposed
Treatment of prisoners - international treaty standards
Enforcement of sentence of imprisonment
Enforcement of national penalties - conditions of imprisonment
Enforcement of national penalties - imprisonment



EDIT.