The Death Penalty in the OSCE Area–Background Paper 2018 To Kazakhstan: Questions below relate to the developments with regard to the death penalty in your country in the period from 1 April 2017 to 31 March 2018. 1) Have any steps been taken to retain or remove a moratorium on the death penalty in the reporting period (1 April 2017 - 31 March 2018)? If yes, please attach copies of relevant documents. a) What measures will be taken to achieve complete abolition of capital punishment in Kazakhstan? b) Have any steps been taken towards the ratification the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights? 2) Please indicate ways in which you have co-operated with local and international organizations on the issue of the death penalty in the period from 1 April 2017 to 31 March 2018. 3) Are any of your citizens facing the death penalty abroad? If yes, please provide information about the number, their age, gender and race / ethnicity, as well as information about children of such persons, indicating relevant countries where your citizens may be facing the death penalty. In cases where the person concerned provided informed consent, please provide their full name, age and location. 4) What measures are taken by your country to protect children who have a parent facing the death penalty abroad? d) Is there any specialist support provided to children of parents sentenced to death or executed? e) What kind of technical and legal assistance or consular representation are provided to persons sentenced to death abroad taking into consideration the best interest of the child? f) Does your country provide any assistance (financial, practical and/or psychological) to families and in particular children of parents sentenced to death also with regard to the right to family visits and communication with death row prisoners in order to reduce trauma and anxiety and to help maintain a positive relationship with convicted parents? End of Questionnaire 99