Contents I. Introduction 5 1. Overview 5 2. Introductory Essay of the United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children, Marta Santos Pais II. The Status of the Death Penalty in the OSCE Area 6 10 1. Children of parents sentenced to death or executed 10 2. Other aspects of the situation of the death penalty in the OSCE area 23 2.1 Retentionist participating States 24 2.1.1 Belarus 2.1.2 United States of America 24 30 2.2 Abolitionist participating States 35 2.3 De-facto abolitionist participating States 39 2.4 Abolitionist for Ordinary Crimes Only participating States 40 2.4.1 Kazakhstan 40 III. Annexes 42 4

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