The Death Penalty in the OSCE Area evidence of the death penalty’s deterrent value and that any miscarriage or failure of justice in the death penalty’s implementation is irreversible and irreparable, Welcoming the decisions taken by an increasing number of States to apply a moratorium on executions, followed in many cases by the abolition of the death penalty, 1. Expresses its deep concern about the continued application of the death penalty; 2. Calls upon all States that still maintain the death penalty to: (a) Respect international standards that provide safeguards guaranteeing the protection of the rights of those facing the death penalty, in particular the minimum standards, as set out in the annex to Economic and Social Council resolution 1984/50 of 25 May 1984; (b) Provide the Secretary-General with information relating to the use of capital punishment and the observance of the safeguards guaranteeing the protection of the rights of those facing the death penalty; (c) Progressively restrict the use of the death penalty and reduce the number of offences for which it may be imposed; (d) Establish a moratorium on executions with a view to abolishing the death penalty; 3. Calls upon States which have abolished the death penalty not to reintroduce it; 4. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its sixty-third session on the implementation of the present resolution; 5. Decides to continue consideration of the matter at its sixty-third session under the same agenda item. COUNCIL OF EUROPE Extract from the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms Article 2 1. Everyone’s right to life shall be protected by law. No one shall be deprived of his life intentionally save in the execution of a sentence of a court following his conviction of a crime for which this penalty is provided by law. 28