death_penalty_new.qxd 02-08-27 12:57 Page 41 LATVIA 4.11 LATVIA145 RELEVANT INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS International Instruments Signed Ratified Yes Yes Article 6 of the ICCPR Second Optional Protocol to the ICCPR No No Article 37 (a) of the CRC Yes Yes Protocol No.6 to the ECHR Yes Yes Protocol No.13 to the ECHR Yes No LEGAL FRAMEWORK Status: Partly abolitionist Scope: The death penalty has been abolished for crimes committed in peacetime. However, the Criminal Law of Latvia envisages the death penalty for murder in especially aggravating circumstances, committed in wartime146. Moratorium: N/A. Method of execution: Shooting147. STATISTICS Number of death sentences passed: None. Number of executions: None. 145 146 147 This entry was written with the assistance of the Delegation of Latvia to the OSCE who completed our questionnaire on the death penalty. Article 37 of the Criminal Law of Latvia, 15 October 1998. Article 37 of the Criminal Law. 41