The Death Penalty in the OSCE Area SAFEGUARDS 19) Please describe if there have been any changes in the procedure for informing all non-nationals who have been accused of committing a crime, for which the death penalty is a potential sentence, of their right to receive consular assistance. Is this procedure mandatory? 20) Please list all cases regarding the use of the death penalty that have been decided since the last publication, or are currently ongoing, before international bodies (e.g., UN Human Rights Committee, International Court of Justice, European Court of Human Rights). 21) What system is in place to ensure that interim stays by the UN Human Rights Committee are complied with and transmitted to all the relevant actors at the national level? Have there been any changes in this system since last year’s publication? 22) Please list the names of any persons who have been executed while a procedure regarding their case was ongoing before an international body. 23) If there have been changes since last year’s publication, please describe the procedural process of considering a request for clemency, including the factors that are taken into account when considering such a request. 24) If there have been changes since last year’s publication, please indicate the procedure for informing relatives of the date of execution and the date that the execution has been carried out, as well as of the place of burial of executed persons. MISCELLANEOUS 25) Please indicate ways in which you have co-operated with other intergovernmental organizations on this issue in the period from 30 June 2007 to 30 June 2008. 47