Death_Penalty_2005_nowy.qxd 2005-09-08 17:00 Page 52 THE DEATH PENALTY IN THE OSCE AREA Article 7 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. The present Protocol is open for signature by any State that has signed the Covenant. The present Protocol is subject to ratification by any State that has ratified the Covenant or acceded to it. Instruments of ratification shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations. The present Protocol shall be open to accession by any State that has ratified the Covenant or acceded to it. Accession shall be effected by the deposit of an instrument of accession with the Secretary-General of the United Nations. The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall inform all States that have signed the present Protocol or acceded to it of the deposit of each instrument of ratification or accession. Article 8 1. 2. The present Protocol shall enter into force three months after the date of the deposit with the Secretary-General of the United Nations of the tenth instrument of ratification or accession. For each State ratifying the present Protocol or acceding to it after the deposit of the tenth instrument of ratification or accession, the present Protocol shall enter into force three months after the date of the deposit of its own instrument of ratification or accession. Article 9 The provisions of the present Protocol shall extend to all parts of federal States without any limitations or exceptions. Article 10 The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall inform all States referred to in article 48, paragraph 1, of the Covenant of the following particulars: (a) Reservations, communications and notifications under article 2 of the present Protocol; (b) Statements made under articles 4 or 5 of the present Protocol; (c) Signatures, ratifications and accessions under article 7 of the present Protocol: (d) The date of the entry into force of the present Protocol under article 8 thereof. Article 11 1. The present Protocol, of which the Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish texts are equally authentic, shall be deposited in the archives of the United Nations. 52