The Death Penalty in the OSCE Area De-facto Abolitionist Questions below relate to the developments with regard to the death penalty in your country in the period from 1 July 2015 to 31 March 2016. 1. The attached paper is the entry related to your country in the 2015 Background Paper on the Situation of 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 in the reporting period (1 July 2015 – 31 March 2016)? 3. Have any steps to fully remove the death penalty from national legislation been taken in the reporting period (1 July 2015-31 March 2016)? 4. Have any steps been taken towards the ratification of any of the following international instruments (if applicable): • Second Optional protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; • Protocol Six to the European Convention on Human Rights; • Protocol Thirteen to the European Convention on Human Rights. 5. 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 July 2015 to 31 March 2016. Also, please state how these activities took into account the gender aspects of the death penalty. 6. Are any of your citizens facing the death penalty abroad? If yes, please provide information about gender and race or ethnicity, indicating relevant countries. 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? 7. What measures are taken by your country to protect children who have a parent facing the death penalty abroad? • What measures are taken by your country to protect pregnant women, children/juveniles and persons with mental disabilities facing the death penalty abroad? 8. Does your country consider the death penalty as a cruel, inhuman or degrading punishment or even torture? Are there any public statements or official documents describing such attribution of the death penalty? If yes, please provide the related documentation. End of Questionnaire 104