The Death Penalty in the OSCE Area–Background Paper 2017 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 death row prisoners in order to reduce trauma and anxiety and to help maintain a positive relationship with convicted parents? 11) What measures are taken by your country to protect pregnant women, children/juveniles and persons with mental disabilities facing the death penalty potentially in Kazakhstan or abroad? End of Questionnaire To the United States of America: 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. LEGAL FRAMEWORK 1) The 2016 background paper on the death penalty lists crimes that carry the death penalty and the methods of execution in your country, among other issues. Please inform us if any corrections or changes are needed. 2) Should your country’s Code of Military Law carry the death penalty, have there been any changes to it? 3) Have any steps been taken to introduce, retain or remove a moratorium on the death penalty during the reporting period (1 April 2016 – 31 March 2017)? If yes, please attach copies of relevant documents. 4) Please provide details on any changes in legislation, rules and regulations regarding the treatment of persons on death row and attach copies of relevant documents. Please provide information whether there are any particular provisions applicable regarding the special needs of women on death row. STATISCTICS 5) Please provide statistics on the number, age, gender and race/ ethnicity of persons who have been sentenced to death in the period from 1 April 2016 to 31 March 2017, as well as the specific crime for which each of these persons was sentenced. 6) Please provide information about the gender of the victim of the crime leading to the death sentence. 106