The Constitution of Azerbaijan (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan konstitusiyası) was adopted on 12 November 1995 by popular referendum.
[3] During this interim period, the provisions of the 1978 constitution were valid if they did not violate or contradict the Act of Independence.
[3] The act declared that Azerbaijan is a secular, democratic, and unitary state, with equality of all citizens before the law.
[1] Generally, there are 48 Articles regarding principal human and Civil Rights and Freedoms in the Constitution of Azerbaijan.
[1] Section 4 obliges citizens to obey laws, pay taxes, observe loyalty to and respect for the state of Azerbaijan and its symbols and states that it is the "duty of every Person" to participate in national defense, protection of national and historical monuments and protection of the environment.
[4] Section 5 establishes the National Assembly of Azerbaijan (Milli Majlis), its powers and its capacities.
[1] Section 8 establishes the autonomous government of the Nakhichivan region and its legislature (Ali Majlis).
[1] Section 10 upholds the Constitution as having the "highest legal force" and that no laws or decrees may contradict it; it also establishes the legislative system of the country, based upon the Constitution, referendums, laws, presidential decrees, resolutions of the Cabinet and Acts of executive bodies.