Death_Penalty_2005_nowy.qxd 2005-09-08 17:00 Page 21 KAZAKHSTAN Subsequent amendments to the Criminal Code provide for the suspension of all executions while the moratorium is in place and set out the status of those individuals who are subject to the moratorium.52 In the event of the cancellation of the moratorium, the Criminal Code provides that all death sentences should be executed within one year. Everyone who had been subject to the moratorium would have the right to appeal to the Clemency Commission for commutation of their sentences.53 Method of execution Shooting54 STATISTICS Death sentences Official statistics indicate that two death sentences were passed in the period from 30 June 2004 to 30 June 2005. Both individuals were sentenced for murder. These sentences have not entered into force (i.e., not all appeals stages have been exhausted). Executions None INTERNATIONAL SAFEGUARDS Pregnant women and children Women and individuals who were below the age of 18 at the time of the crime cannot be sentenced to death. 52 53 54 55 Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan No. 514-II “On the introduction of amendments and additions to legislative acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the introduction of life imprisonment”, 31 December 2003; Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan No. 529-II “On the introduction of amendments and additions to the Criminal Code and Criminal Procedure Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan in connection with the introduction of a moratorium on the execution of the death penalty”, 10 March 2004. Article 49 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan; Article 166(1) of the Criminal Procedure Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Article 49 of the Criminal Code; Article 167 of the Criminal Executive Code, 13 December 1997. The death penalty cannot be executed until one year after all appeals have been exhausted. Article 49(2), Criminal Code. This article also stipulates that the death penalty cannot be applied to men who are over the age of 65 at the time the sentence is pronounced. 21