The Death Penalty in the OSCE Area SAFEGUARDS 14) What safeguards are in place to protect children who have a parent facing the death penalty in your country and abroad (relevant to nationals of your country)? 15) Please describe if there have been any changes in the procedure for informing all non-nationals who have been accused of committing a crime, for which the death penalty is a potential sentence, of their right to receive consular assistance. Is this procedure mandatory? 16) Please list all cases regarding the use of the death penalty that have been decided since last publication, or are currently ongoing, before international bodies (eg. UN Human Rights Committee, International Court of Justice). 17) Please describe procedures for complying with interim stays by the UN Human Rights Committee? 18) Please list the names, age, gender and race/ethnicity of any persons who have been executed whilst a procedure regarding their case was ongoing before an international body. 19) If there have been any changes since last year’s publication, please describe the procedure for considering a request for clemency, including the factors that are taken into account when considering such a request. 20) If there have been changes since last year’s publication, please indicate the procedure for informing relatives of the date of execution and the date that the execution has been carried out, as well as of the place of burial of executed persons. MISCELLANEOUS 21) Which state body is responsible for keeping statistics on sentences, executions and commutations? 22) Please indicate ways in which you have co-operated with local and international organizations on this issue of the death penalty in the period from 1 July 2014 to 30 June 2015. 63