The Death Penalty in the OSCE Area–Background Paper 2017 Annex 8 ODIHR QUESTIONNAIRE 2017 To abolitionist states: Questions below relate to the developments with regard to the issue of the death penalty in your country in the period from 1 April 2016 to 31 March 2017. 1) Is your country engaged in any activities relevant to the issue of the death penalty on the national or international level? If yes, please highlight the most important activities in the period from 1 April 2016 to 31 March 2017. Also, please state how these activities took into account the gender aspects of the death penalty. 2) Are any of your citizens facing the death penalty abroad? If yes, please provide information about their gender and race or ethnicity, as well as information about children of such persons, indicating relevant countries where your citizens may be facing the death penalty. In cases where the person concerned provided informed consent, please provide their full name, age and location. Also, are there any indications that gender bias may have had an impact on the imposition of the death penalty or otherwise on the situation of any individual facing the death penalty abroad? 3) What measures are taken by your country to protect children who have a parent facing the death penalty abroad? a) Is there any specialist support provided to children of parents sentenced to death or executed abroad? b) What kind of technical and legal assistance or consular representation are provided to persons sentenced to death abroad taking into consideration the best interest of the child? c) Does your country provide any assistance (financial, practical and/or psychological) to families and in particular children of parents sentenced to death also with regard to the right to family visits and communication with death row prisoners abroad in order to reduce trauma and anxiety and to help maintain a positive relationship with convicted parents? 4) What measures are taken by your country to protect pregnant women, children/juveniles and persons with mental disabilities facing the death penalty abroad? 5) Does your country consider the death penalty as a form of cruel, inhuman or degrading punishment or even torture? Are there any public statements or 103