The Death Penalty in the OSCE Area The Status of the Death Penalty in the OSCE Area For the purpose of this paper, each participating State has been classified as abolitionist, de facto abolitionist or retentionist, according to the status of the death penalty in the relevant state’s law and practice. Abolitionist: The death penalty has been abolished for all crimes. Fifty one OSCE participating States are abolitionist: • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Canada Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Holy See Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Kyrgyzstan Latvia • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ��� • • • • Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Malta Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania San Marino Serbia Slovak Republic Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Turkmenistan Ukraine United Kingdom Uzbekistan 12