“ People's Power. Article 1. Source of Power. I. The Azerbaijan people shall be the sole source of state power in the Republic of Azerbaijan.
II. The Azerbaijan people shall include citizens of the Republic of Azerbaijan which live in the territory of the Republic of Azerbaijan or outside the country and which obey the Azerbaijan State and its Laws. This shall not exclude norms defined by the International Law.
Article 2. People's Sovereignty. I. The Azerbaijan people shall have the sovereign right to freely and independently decide their fate and to establish the forms of its own governance. ”

“ II. Every Person depending on working skills shall have the right to freely choose kind of activity, qualification, position and area of employment.
III. No one shall be forced to work.
IV. Labour contracts shall be freely signed. No one shall be forced to sign contracts.
V. Enlisting people to hard labour, forcing them to labour in connection with the Decrees issued by authoritative officials when in active service, forcing people to fulfil required work during state of emergency and martial law shall be authorized taking into consideration conditions and terms of Court Decision. ”

“ III. Every Person shall have the right to Social Security in old age, sickness as stipulated by Law, disability, when losing work ability or the breadwinner of the family, when unemployed and in other cases specified by Law. ”