BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 25. President of the
Republic of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, has signed into law a set of
amendments to Azerbaijan’s Criminal Code and Criminal Procedure
Code, expanding the authority of senior officials within the
country’s investigative and inquiry bodies, Trend reports.
Under the new provisions, the heads of structural units within
investigative agencies—or their deputies, when applicable—will have
the power to reassign criminal cases from one investigator to
another under certain circumstances. These include situations where
an investigator is unable to perform their duties due to death,
serious illness, or other incapacitating factors, or when
supervisory oversight reveals delays in the investigation process
that significantly hinder proceedings.
In accordance with statutory provisions, any such reassignment
necessitates a formal written notification to the prosecutorial
authority responsible for the procedural oversight of the
preliminary inquiry. The initiative aims to facilitate the
uninterrupted progression of cases in scenarios where the
designated investigator does not execute timely interventions or is
otherwise hindered from discharging their obligations.
An analogous augmentation of jurisdiction is pertinent to the
leaders of niche investigative divisions. Consider a scenario where
an investigator is identified as impeding advancement owing to
analogous factors or a lack of due diligence in executing requisite
measures to elucidate or scrutinize a criminal act. In this
scenario, the unit head is now vested with the authority to
reallocate the case, contingent upon providing formal written
notification to the supervising prosecutor.
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