3.3 Kyrgyzstan Relevant International Instruments International Instruments Ratification Status ICCPR Ratified Second Optional Protocol to the ICCPR Not signed Status: abolitionist since June 200761 Legal Framework On 9 November 2006, Kyrgyzstan adopted a new Constitution that abolishes the death penalty.62 On 27 June 2007, a number of laws were promulgated that abolish the death penalty in all circumstances and replace it with life imprisonment. The Ministry of Justice has also developed a draft law on accession to the Second Optional Protocol to the ICCPR. Moratorium Prior to the abolition of the death penalty, a moratorium on executions had been in force since 8 December 1998. It was renewed on an annual basis. On 29 December 2005, it was extended indefinitely until the complete abolition of the death penalty.63 61  This background paper contains an entry on Kyrgyzstan, as death sentences were imposed prior to the abolition of the death penalty in 2007. 62  Article 14 of the Constitution, 15 January 2007. 63  Presidential Decree No. 667 “On prolongation of the term of the moratorium on execution of the death penalty in the Kyrgyz Republic”, 29 December 2005. 20