The Death Penalty in the OSCE Area verdict entered into force on 8 April 2014. Haryunou’s application for clemency was denied by the President.79 The Permanent Delegation of the Republic of Belarus to the OSCE did not report on the number of death row inmates. The Permanent Delegation of the Republic of Belarus to the OSCE did not provide information about the dates of execution of Eduard Lykov and Alyaksandr Haryunou. According to the UN Human Rights Committee, the death sentence against Alyaksandr Haryunou was carried out on 22 October 2014.80 International Safeguards In October 2014, the UN Human Rights Committee ruled that the execution of Vasily Yuzepchuk81 in 2010 constituted a violation of his right to life under Article 6 of the ICCPR.82 The Committee further determined that Belarus was under an obligation to provide adequate monetary compensation to Yuzepchuk’s family for the loss of his life, to prevent similar violations in the future and to co-operate in good faith with the Committee, particularly by complying with the requests of the Committee for interim measures.83 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA84 In the United States, the District of Columbia and 19 out of 50 states have abolished the death penalty: Alaska, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia and Wisconsin. Moratoria on the death penalty are in effect in the states of Colorado, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania and Washington. 79  Ibid. 80  UN Human Rights Committee statement, op.cit.,note 63.. 81  The death sentence handed down to Vasily Yuzepchuk became final on 2 October 2009, after his appeal was rejected by the Supreme Court. Yuzepchuk was reportedly executed in Minsk around 18 March 2010. See the 2010 Background Paper on the Death Penalty in the OSCE Area, <http://www.osce.org/odihr/71484?download=true>. 82  Amnesty International Report 2014/15, <https://www.amnesty.org/en/countries/europe-and-central-asia/belarus/ report-belarus/>. 83  United Nations Human Rights Committee Communication No. 1906/2009, CCPR/C/112/D/1906/2009, <http:// www.ccprcentre.org/doc/2014/11/1906-2009-Yuzepchuk-v-Belarus1.pdf>. 84  Permanent Delegation of the United States to the OSCE did not provide a response to the 2015 ODIHR questionnaire on the death penalty. 22