THE DEATH PENALTY IN THE OSCE AREA 3.1 ALBANIA RELEVANT INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS International Instruments Ratification Status26 ICCPR R Second Optional Protocol to the ICCPR – CRC R ECHR R Protocol No. 6 to the ECHR R Protocol No. 13 to the ECHR S Status: partly abolitionist LEGAL FRAMEWORK The death penalty has been abolished for all peacetime crimes but is retained for serious crimes committed in wartime or during a state of emergency.27 The Military Criminal Code envisages the death penalty for a number of crimes if committed during a state of emergency or wartime.28 26 27 28 R = ratified, S = signed, a dash (–) indicates that the participating State has neither signed nor ratified the relevant instrument. Article 8(a) of the Military Criminal Code, Law No. 8003, 1955. Amended by Law No. 8991, 4 July 2002. Articles 25, 26, 28, 34, 47, 50, and 77 of the Military Criminal Code. 14