death_penalty_new.qxd 02-08-27 12:57 Page 66 THE DEATH PENALTY IN THE OSCE AREA (b) (c) (d) Statements made under articles 4 or 5 of the present Protocol; Signatures, ratifications and accessions under article 7 of the present Protocol: 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. 2. The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall transmit certified copies of the present Protocol to all States referred to in article 48 of the Covenant. Convention on the Rights of the Child Article 37 States Parties shall ensure that: (a) No child shall be subjected to torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. Neither capital punishment nor life imprisonment without possibility of release shall be imposed for offences committed by persons below eighteen years of age; Council of Europe Protocol No. 6 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms concerning the abolition of the death penalty, as amended by protocol no. 11 Article 1 – Abolition of the death penalty The death penalty shall be abolished. No-one shall be condemned to such penalty or executed. Article 2 – Death penalty in time of war A State may make provision in its law for the death penalty in respect of acts committed in time of war or of imminent threat of war; such penalty shall be applied only in the instances laid down in the law and in accordance with its provisions. The State shall communicate to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe the relevant provisions of that law. 66