The Death Penalty in the OSCE Area–Background Paper 2017 country respond to the death row phenomenon which consists of a combination of circumstances that produce severe mental trauma and physical deterioration in prisoners under sentence of death? Those circumstances include the lengthy and anxiety-ridden wait for uncertain outcomes, isolation, drastically reduced human contact and even the physical conditions in which some inmates are held? 15) Please provide information on the methods of execution used in your country and the assessments made with regard to the pain and suffering caused by each of these methods. 16) 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? 17) What measures are taken by your country to protect children who have a parent facing the death penalty in your respective country and 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? 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 in order to reduce trauma and anxiety and to help maintain a positive relationship with convicted parents? 18) Please list all cases regarding the use of the death penalty that have been decided in the reporting period (1 April 2016 - 31 March 2017), or are currently ongoing, before international bodies (eg. UN Human Rights Committee, International Court of Justice). 19) Please describe procedures for complying with interim stays by the UN Human Rights Committee. 20) Please list the number, age, gender and race / ethnicity of any persons who have been executed whilst a procedure regarding their case was ongoing before an international body. 108