The Death Penalty in the OSCE Area–Background Paper 2017 death row prisoners in order to reduce trauma and anxiety and to help maintain a positive relationship with convicted parents? 7) What measures are taken by your country to protect pregnant women, children/juveniles and persons with mental disabilities facing the death penalty abroad? End of Questionnaire To Kazakhstan: 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. 8) Have any steps been taken to retain or remove a moratorium on the death penalty in the reporting period (1 April 2016 - 31 March 2017)? a) What is the government’s position with regard to the death sentence handed down by a national court on 2 November 2016? b) Reportedly, with this sentence, Kazakhstan has ended a moratorium on the death penalty that has been observed for the past 10 years. What measures will be taken on the legal and policy level to reinstate the moratorium on the death penalty? c) W hat measures will be taken to achieve complete abolition of capital punishment in Kazakhstan? d) Have any steps been taken towards the ratification the Second Optional protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights? 9) Please indicate ways in which you have co-operated with local and international organizations on the issue of the death penalty 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. 10) Are any of your citizens facing the death penalty abroad? If yes, please provide information about their gender and race or ethnicity, 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? a) Is there any specialist support provided to children of parents sentenced to death or executed? 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? 105