Contents
Foreword
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1. The Status of the Death Penalty in the OSCE Area
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2. Approaches to the Death Penalty: Essays
The OSCE and the Death Penalty
Prospects for Abolition of the Death Penalty in the Republic of Belarus
The Abolition of the Death Penalty in Poland
International Experience and Legal Regulation of the Application
of the Death Penalty in Tajikistan
The Death Penalty in the United States
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3. International Standards on the Death Penalty
3.1. International Standards Restricting the Use of the Death Penalty
3.2. International Standards Abolishing the Death Penalty
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4. The Death Penalty in the OSCE Area
4.1 Albania
4.2 Belarus
4.3 Kazakhstan
4.4 Kyrgyzstan
4.5 Latvia
4.6 Russian Federation
4.7 Tajikistan
4.8 United States of America
4.9 Uzbekistan
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Annexes
1. OSCE Commitments on the Death Penalty
2. Other International Standards on the Death Penalty
3. Relevant Recommendations Made at OSCE Human Dimension
Implementation Meetings
4. Questionnaire on the Death Penalty
5. Status of Ratifications
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