Cases on administrative offences considered in a first instance courts

According to the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Azerbaijan, in 2021, 72.0 thousand cases on administrative offences were considered in the first instance courts, and it is 2.8 percent less than indicator of 2020. 50.0 percent of them were related with the management rules, 7.8 percent - public rules, public safety and public morality, 6.7 percent - traffic rules, 4.2 percent - property, 3.7 percent - health, 2.3 percent - regulations of sanitary-hygienic and sanitary-epidemiological welfare of the population, 1.4 percent - payment of taxes, dues, the financial and insurance rules, 0.9 percent - economic activity rules, 0.7 percent - against military service, 3.6 percent - illicit trafficking in drugs and psychotropic substances, and the rest were related to other administrative fines.

In 2021, administrative liability measures were applied on 64.5 percent of cases, 25.5 percent of proceedings were terminated, 8.6 percent of materials of persons who committed administrative offence were returned for additional inspection in cases, and 1.4 percent of materials were sent to the relevant authorities.

According to the decisions on application of administrative liability measures, the number of persons brought to responsibility decreased by 15.3 percent compared to the previous year and amounted to 46.4 thousand persons. 46.4 percent of persons who brought to administrative responsibility were applied administrative fines, 28.2 percent - restriction of special rights granted to individuals, 20.0 percent - administrative detention, 1.9 percent - social works, and 0.6 percent - other types of punishments.

Tel: 377-10-70 (22-70)