UZBEKISTAN STATISTICS Access to statistics Statistics on death sentences and executions are not made public. Death sentences Official statistics were not provided. According to unofficial statistics compiled from media reports and information received from non-governmental organizations, at least 10 persons were sentenced to death during the period from 30 June 2003 to 30 June 2004. All received the death sentence for murder with aggravating circumstances. Executions Official statistics were not provided. In September 2001, President Karimov stated that approximately 100 people are executed each year. According to unofficial statistics compiled from media reports and information received from non-governmental organizations, at least 19 persons were executed during the period from 30 June 2003 to 30 June 2004. All had been sentenced to death for murder with aggravating circumstances. In its Concluding Observations on the second periodic report submitted by Uzbekistan, the UN Human Rights Committee deplored Uzbekistan's refusal to reveal the number of persons who have been executed or condemned to death and the grounds for their conviction. It urged Uzbekistan to provide such information as soon as possible.140 In addition, the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture was not provided with any specific statistics regarding death-penalty cases despite his requests.141 INTERNATIONAL SAFEGUARDS Women and children Women and persons who were below the age of 18 at the time of the crime cannot be sentenced to death.142 140 141 142 Concluding Observations of the Human Rights Committee, Uzbekistan, CCPR/CO/71/UZB, Paragraphs 6 and 7, 26 April 2001. Report of the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, Mission to Uzbekistan, E/CN.4/2003/68/Add.2, 3 February 2003. Article 51 of the Criminal Code. This article also stipulates that men over the age of 60 at the time of sentencing cannot be sentenced to death. 45