The Status of the Death Penalty in the OSCE Area For the purpose of this paper, each participating State has been classified as abolitionist, de facto abolitionist or retentionist, according to the status of the death penalty in the relevant state’s law and practice. Abolitionist: The death penalty has been abolished for all crimes. Fifty one OSCE participating States are abolitionist: • Albania • Holy See • Romania • Andorra • Hungary • San Marino • Armenia • Iceland • Serbia • Ireland • Slovak Republic • Italy • Slovenia • Belgium • Kyrgyzstan • Spain • Bosnia and Herzegovina • Latvia • Sweden • Liechtenstein • Switzerland • Bulgaria • Lithuania • Turkey • Canada • Luxembourg • Turkmenistan • Croatia • Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia • Ukraine • Austria • Azerbaijan • Cyprus • Czech Republic • Denmark • Estonia • Finland • France • Georgia • Germany • Greece • Malta • United Kingdom • Uzbekistan • Moldova • Monaco • Montenegro • Netherlands • Norway • Poland • Portugal 9