The Death Penalty in the OSCE Area–Background Paper 2017 official documents describing such attribution of the death penalty? If yes, please provide the related documentation. 6) Does your country actively advocate for the global abolition of the death penalty on the diplomatic/political level? If yes, please highlight the most important initiatives taken during the reporting period (1 April 2016 - 31 March 2017). End of Questionnaire To de-facto abolitionist states: Questions below relate to the developments with regard to the death penalty in your country in the period from 1 April 2016 to 31 March 2017. 1) Have any steps been taken to retain or remove a moratorium on the death penalty in the reporting period (1 April 2016 - 31 March 2017)? 2) Have any steps to fully remove the death penalty from national legislation been taken in the reporting period (1 April 2016 - 31 March 2017)? 3) Have any steps been taken towards the ratification of the Second Optional protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights? 4) 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 2016 to 31 March 2017. Also, please state how these activities took into account the gender aspects of the death penalty. 5) Are any of your citizens facing the death penalty abroad? If yes, please provide information about their gender and race or ethnicity, 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. Also, are there any indications that gender bias may have had an impact on the imposition of the death penalty or otherwise on the situation of any individual facing the death penalty abroad? 6) What measures are taken by your country to protect children who have a parent facing the death penalty abroad? a) Is there any specialist support provided to children of parents sentenced to death or executed? b) 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? c) 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 104