Azerbaijani Supreme Court concerned with courts' frequent decisions on arrest

"We are sorry about it" chairman of the Supreme Court Ramiz Rzayev said.

People who commit crimes  are arrested irrespective of heaviness and motive of crimes in Azerbaijan. Public is dissatisfied with predominance of arrest compared to other preventive measures.

According to the monitoring of the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights held in May-November 2008, the district (city) and the military courts of cities and regions received 812 cases from prosecutor's office to use arrest as a punishment.

About 806 cases were approved and six - replaced by other preventive measures. An interesting fact is that during the reporting period all cases were approved.

About 60 of 812 cases to apply preventive punishment in the form of arrest submitted by the prosecution do not pose great danger to society, 535 - less serious, 193 - serious, and 24 - the most serious crimes, the report of the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights said.

Azerbaijani criminal-procedural legislation defines such preventive measures as house arrest, bail, a written undertaking not to leave a place, the personal guarantee, guarantee of the company, control of the police, command control, as well as dismissal.

Rzayev said that currently this issue is being studied by the Supreme Court. Cases connected with a preventive measure in the form of arrest are generalized. This issue will be discussed again.

/Trend News/