The Death Penalty in the OSCE Area 1. Expresses its deep concern about the continued application of the death penalty; 2. Calls upon all States that still maintain the death penalty to: (a) Respect international standards that provide safeguards guaranteeing the protection of the rights of those facing the death penalty, in particular the minimum standards, as set out in the annex to Economic and Social Council resolution 1984/50 of 25 May 1984; (b) Provide the Secretary-General with information relating to the use of capital punishment and the observance of the safeguards guaranteeing the protection of the rights of those facing the death penalty; (c) Progressively restrict the use of the death penalty and reduce the number of offences for which it may be imposed; (d) Establish a moratorium on executions with a view to abolishing the death penalty; 3. Calls upon States which have abolished the death penalty not to reintroduce it; 4. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its sixty-third session on the implementation of the present resolution; 5. Decides to continue consideration of the matter at its sixty-third session under the same agenda item. Council of Europe ­­­­——— Extract from the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms Article 2 1. Everyone’s right to life shall be protected by law. No one shall be deprived of his life intentionally save in the execution of a sentence of a court following his conviction of a crime for which this penalty is provided by law. 2. Deprivation of life shall not be regarded as inflicted in contravention of this article when it results from the use of force which is no more than absolutely necessary: (a) in defence of any person from unlawful violence; (b) in order to effect a lawful arrest or to prevent the escape of a person lawfully detained; (c) in action lawfully taken for the purpose of quelling a riot or insurrection. 33