The Death Penalty in the OSCE Area Annex 7 Relevant Recommendations made at the 2012 OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting During the 2012 OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting, held in Warsaw from 24 September to 5 October 2012 issues of the abolition of capital punishment, prevention of torture and the protection of human rights in the fight against terrorism were discussed at the Working Session 5: Rule of Law II. Participants made the following recommendations: • For OSCE participating States that still retain the death penalty, to take steps towards its abolition by promptly establishing a moratorium on death sentences and executions; • For OSCE participating States that still retain the death penalty, to commute all death sentences to imprisonment terms; • For OSCE participating States that have in place a moratorium on the death penalty, to amend their legislation to fully abolish the death penalty; • For all OSCE participating States, to ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights aiming at the abolition of the death penalty, if they have not yet done so; and • For all OSCE participating States, to encourage debate on the abolition of the death penalty both at the national and international levels. 61