According to the First Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Court of Kyrgyzstan, 55 men were sentenced to death in 1998. Seven executions were carried out in 1998 before the moratorium came into force. In 1999, 20 death sentences were passed according to unofficial information. About 60 people were reported to be on the death row at the end of 199940. 4.9 Latvia The Latvian parliament ratified Protocol No. 6 to the ECHR on 15 April 1999, thus de facto abolishing the death penalty for all peacetime offences with effect from 1 June 1999. However, national legislation has not yet been brought into compliance with Protocol No. 6. Amendments to the Criminal Code abolishing capital punishment at least for crimes committed in times of peace are currently being prepared for second reading before parliament41. 4.10 Malta The death penalty has been abolished for all peacetime offences. It can only be imposed for military crimes in time of war. Malta signed and ratified Protocol No. 6 to the ECHR in 199142. 4.11 Moldova Transdniestria While Moldova removed the death penalty from its statute books in 1995, capital punishment remained in force in the internationally unrecognized separatist entity of Transdniestria43. The Criminal Code of the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic, which is still in operation in Transdniestria, provides for the death penalty for state crimes, premeditated murder under aggravating circumstances, rape with grave consequences, rape of a juvenile under 14 years of age, attempt on the life of a member of the militia, and for grave military crimes. Capital punishment may not be imposed on women and persons below 18 years of age at Create PDF in your applications with the Pdfcrowd HTML to PDF API PDFCROWD