Prot. No. 6 ratified with effect from 1 June 1999, national legislation amended accordingly in May 2000
Liechtenstein yes
yes
Lithuania
n/a
n/a
Luxembourg
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
Death penalty abolished in December 1998, all nine pending death sentences commuted
Malta
Moldova
yes
yes
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
no
no
Death penalty abolished completely in March 2000
yes
n/a
n/a
n/a
Death penalty has not been abolished in Transdniestria
Monaco
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
Russian
Federation
no
San Marino
Slovak
Republic
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Tajikistan
yes
n/a
n/a
n/a
yes
yes
n/a
n/a
n/a
yes
yes
yes
yes
no
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
at least 101
no
at least 21 in 1998
and 24 in1999
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
?
71
( as of
13/12/99)
Turkey
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
67
(I-VI/98)
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
n/a
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
0
0
yes
no
no
no
yes
no
no
yes
yes
yes
yes
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
?
yes
yes
yes
yes
n/a
yes
yes
yes
yes
n/a
yes
yes
yes
yes
no
yes
yes
yes
yes
no
0
no
no
no
no
? (1998)
n/a
0 (1999)
n/a
yes
yes
Moratorium in force since 1996, all death sentences commuted in June 1999
De facto moratorium since 1984
Turkmenistan
yes
?
0
Moratorium in force since 1 January 1999, death penalty was abolished on 29 December 1999
Ukraine
yes
146 (1998)
35 (I-VI 99)
388
0
(I/1999)
yes
no
no
no
Death penalty completely abolished in February 2000
United
yes
n/a
n/a
n/a
yes
yes
yes
yes
Death penalty completely abolished in November 1998
Kingdom
United States
no
3,717
291
n/a
n/a
no
no
of America
At least 10 in 1998,
At least 8
Uzbekistan
no
n/a
n/a
no
no
29 in 1999 and 13 in ?
in 2000
2000
Yugoslavia
no
3 (2000)
20
0
n/a
n/a
yes
yes
Death penalty abolished at federal level, but still contained in Criminal Codes of Serbia and Montenegro
As of 31 June 2001.
The table does not contain figures relating to the use of the death penalty in separatist, internationally
unrecognized entities within OSCE participating States
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