Constitution of Azerbaijan

The Constitution of Azerbaijan was started on 12 November 1995 by a popular referendum. It was changed three times by a popular referendums, on 24 August 2002, on 18 March 2009 and on 26 September 2016. The constitution is the "highest legal force" in Azerbaijan.

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Preamble

The Preamble to the Constitution says, in order to "provide prosperity and welfare of the whole society and each individual", that the following objectives be declared:

• protection of national sovereignty and territorial integrity
• a constitutional democracy
• make a civil society
• a secular state based upon the rule of law
• a "worthy life level" for citizens and "just" economic and social order
• observance of "universal human values", peace and international cooperation

Related pages

• Constitution
• Constitutionalism
• Constitutional economics

Other websites

• The Constitution of Azerbaijan at the Presidential website Archived 2011-12-25 at the Wayback Machine