Capital punishment in Tajikistan

Capital punishment in Tajikistan is allowed by Article 18 of the 1999 Constitution of Tajikistan, which provides:

"Every person has the right to life. No person may be deprived of life except by the verdict of a court for a very serious crime."

The last known execution took place in 2004. That same year, a moratorium was issued on capital punishment by president Emomali Rahmon.

Tajikistan is not signatory to the , which aims to abolish the death penalty.