participating States committed themselves to exchange information on the abolition
of the death penalty and to keep this question under consideration, this report
describes and analyses recent events and developments related to capital
punishment within the OSCE area against the backdrop of relevant OSCE and
other international commitments and standards.
The first two main parts of this report (Chapters 2 and 3) consequently provide an
overview of OSCE commitments and other key international standards and
instruments relating to capital punishment. The third main part (Chapter 4) is
devoted to the specific situations and main developments in non-abolitionist
participating States. Each country entry consists of an outline of the legal basis for
the application of the death penalty, possible trends towards abolition, and
statistical data (if available) concerning the number of death sentences, prisoners
on death row, and executions. A full-text reproduction of all relevant OSCE
commitments and a table providing death penalty-related information on all
participating States, including ratification details, are attached in Annexes 1 and 2.
The country entries, as well as the table entries, are listed in alphabetical order.
Given the reluctance of a number of participating States to meet their commitment
to make available to the public information concerning the death penalty, some of
the country entries remain rather fragmentary. It must be stressed therefore that the
lack in a given country entry of reference to issues addressed elsewhere does not
imply that these issues are of no relevance in the participating State in question.
This report is based on material received from various sources, including OSCE
field missions, other international organizations such as the Council of Europe and
the United Nations, as well as several non-governmental organizations, in
particular Amnesty International, and media reports. It covers the period from 1
January 1998 to 31 December 1999.
2. OSCE COMMITMENTS RELATING TO
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
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