The Death Penalty in the OSCE Area Relatives Relatives are not informed in advance of the date of execution. The body is not returned, and the place of execution and the place of burial are not disclosed.99 The Criminal Execution Code provides that the court that passed the death sentence should inform the relatives of the fact that the execution has taken place; however, it does not indicate the time frame after execution during which this information should be made available to the relatives. The UN Human Rights Committee expressed its concern about the fact that, when prisoners under sentence of death were executed, the authorities systematically failed to inform the families and relatives of the date of execution or to reveal the place of burial of the executed person. The Committee concluded that these practices amounted to a violation of Article 7 of the ICCPR (prohibition against torture or other ill-treatment) with respect to the family and relatives of the executed individuals. The Committee also concluded that those practices had the effect of intimidating or punishing families by intentionally leaving them in a state of uncertainty and mental stress.100 99  Article 221 of the Criminal Execution Code. Information of this nature is treated as a state secret. Article 9 (22) of the Law “On the enumeration of information constituting a state secret”, 10 May 2002. 100  Concluding observations of the Human Rights Committee: Tajikistan, U.N. Doc. CCPR/CO/84/ TJK, 18 July 2005, para. 9. 30