AI regulation in Azerbaijan

What is the current regulatory status?

Azerbaijan approved the Artificial Intelligence Strategy 2025–2028 by presidential decree in March 2025. General law (data protection where enacted, consumer, telecommunications and sector rules) applies to AI systems.

Binding rules versus guidance

Binding: none recorded. Strategy or guidance: AI Strategy 2025–2028.

Key policy instruments

Upcoming deadlines

No scheduled future dates recorded. Past milestones are listed on each policy page.

Latest changes

Applicable sectors, use cases and obligation areas

Use cases

AI in public services

Sectors

Cross-sector / all sectors

Obligation areas

How to use this information

1. Open the official source on each instrument before relying on any date or obligation.
2. Treat strategies and guidance as signals of coming regulation, not as binding requirements.
3. Check data-protection, consumer, employment and sector law that applies to AI systems regardless of AI-specific instruments.
4. Treat the absence of an AI-specific instrument as a gap in our records, not as legal certainty; check the government portal and regulator sites linked here.

Official government and regulator sources

1. President of the Republic of Azerbaijan
   Government of Azerbaijan · Tier 1 source
2. Data Protection and Privacy Legislation Worldwide (country table)
   UNCTAD · Tier 3 source

Frequently asked questions

Does Azerbaijan regulate AI?

Azerbaijan approved the Artificial Intelligence Strategy 2025–2028 by presidential decree in March 2025. General law (data protection where enacted, consumer, telecommunications and sector rules) applies to AI systems. Report an official source through the correction form and a reviewer will add it.