The Death Penalty in the OSCE Area
2. Calls upon States that have not yet acceded to or ratified the Second Optional
Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights aiming at the abolition of the death penalty to consider doing so;
3. Calls upon States that have not yet abolished the death penalty to make available
relevant information, disaggregated by sex, age and other applicable criteria, with
regard to their use of the death penalty, inter alia, the number of persons sentenced to
death, the number of persons on death row, the number of executions carried out and
the number of death sentences reversed, commuted on appeal or in which amnesty or
pardon has been granted, which can contribute to possible informed and transparent
national and international debates, including on the obligations of States with regard
to the use of the death penalty;
4. Calls upon States to ensure that children whose parents or parental caregivers are
on death row, the inmates themselves, their families and their legal representatives
are provided, in advance, with adequate information about a pending execution, its
date, time and location, to allow a last visit or communication with the convicted
person, the return of the body to the family for burial or to inform on where the body
is located, unless this is not in the best interests of the child;
5. Requests the Secretary-General to dedicate the 2017 supplement to his quinquennial report on capital punishment to the consequences arising at various stages of the
imposition and application of the death penalty on the enjoyment of the human rights
of the persons facing the death penalty and other affected persons, paying specific attention to the right to equality and non-discrimination, including on foreign nationals,
and to present it to the Human Rights Council at its thirty-sixth session;
6. Decides that the upcoming biennial high-level panel to be held at the thirty fourth
session of the Human Rights Council will address the human rights violations related
to the use of the death penalty, in particular with respect to the prohibition of torture
and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment;
7. Requests the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
to organize the panel discussion and to liaise with States, relevant United Nations
bodies, agencies, treaty bodies, special procedures and regional human rights mechanisms, as well as with parliamentarians, civil society, including non-governmental
organizations, and national human rights institutions, with a view to ensuring their
participation in the panel discussion;
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