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

Instruments at a glance

Native-language names are shown where the record carries one; a blank means the source is in English or the name is not yet recorded.

Timeline

Every dated event on the recorded instruments: publication, adoption, entry into force, application and deadlines. Future dates are marked.

1. 19 Mar 2025 · AI Strategy 2025–2028 adopted

Latest changes

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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

Cite this record

AIPolicyTracker (2026). “AI regulation in Azerbaijan”. https://aipolicytracker.org/jurisdictions/azerbaijan (accessed 27 October 2026). Data licensed CC BY 4.0.

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