The Death Penalty in the OSCE Area–Background Paper 2017 SAFEGUARDS 21) What safeguards are in place to protect children who have a parent facing the death penalty in your country and abroad (relevant to nationals of your country)? 22) What safeguards are in place in your country to protect pregnant women, children and persons with mental disabilities facing the death penalty? 23) What safeguards are in place to minimize the risk that gender bias, or any other form of bias, may affect the decisions to impose death sentences? 24) What safeguards are in place to minimize the risk that gender bias, or any other form of bias, may affect the decisions on clemency? 25) Please describe if there have been any changes in the procedure for informing all non-nationals who have been accused of committing a crime, for which the death penalty is a potential sentence, of their right to receive consular assistance. Is this procedure mandatory? MISCELLANEOUS 26) Which state body is responsible for keeping statistics on sentences, executions and commutations? 27) Please indicate ways in which you have co-operated with local and international organizations on this issue of the death penalty in the period from 1 April 2016 to 31 March 2017. End of Questionnaire To Belarus: Questions below relate to the developments with regard to the death penalty in your country in the period from 1 April 2016 to 31 March 2017. LEGAL FRAMEWORK 1) The attached paper is the entry related to your country in the 2016 Background Paper on the Situation of the Death Penalty. It lists crimes that carry the death penalty and the methods of execution in your country, among other issues. Please inform us if any corrections or changes are needed. 2) Should your country’s Code of Military Law carry the death penalty, have there been any changes to it? 3) Have any steps been taken to introduce, retain or remove a moratorium on the death penalty during the reporting period (1 April 2016 - 31 March 2017)? If yes, please attach copies of relevant documents. 109