The Death Penalty in the OSCE Area Annex 8 ODIHR Questionnaire on the Death Penalty To abolitionist OSCE participating States: 1) Is your country engaged in any activities relevant to the issue of the death penalty on a national or international level (e.g. organizing events, conferences, debates; conducting research and social surveys, engaging in advocacy against the death penalty, adopting resolutions, etc.)? If yes, please highlight the most important activities in the period from 1 July 2013 to 30 June 2014. 2) Are there any pending cases that touch upon in any way the issue of the death penalty before your domestic courts or in which your country is involved or associated before international courts or quasi-judicial bodies? If yes, please provide a description of each case. 3) Are any of your citizens facing the death penalty abroad? If yes, please provide us with their full name, age, gender and race/ ethnicity, indicating relevant countries. 4) What safeguards are in place in your country to protect children who have a parent facing the death penalty or executed abroad (relevant to nationals of your country)? End of Questionnaire To de-facto abolitionist OSCE participating States: 1) The attached paper is the entry related to your country in the 2013 Background Paper on the Death Penalty. It lists crimes that carry the death penalty in your country. Please check this list and inform us if any corrections or changes are needed. 2) Have any steps been taken to retain or remove a moratorium on the death penalty since the last publication? 3) Have any steps to fully remove the death penalty from national legislation been taken since the last publication? 4) Have any steps been taken towards the ratification of any of the following inter70