A/HRC/24/18 Contents Page I. Introduction ............................................................................................................. 1–2 3 II. Changes in law and practice .................................................................................... 3–14 3 A. Member States that have abolished the death penalty for all crimes ............. 4–5 3 B. Member States that have restricted the scope of the death penalty or are limiting its use................................................................................................. 6–9 3 Member States that have ratified or committed to ratifying international and regional instruments providing for the abolition of the death penalty ..... 10–11 4 D. Member States that have introduced a moratorium on executions ................. 12 4 E. Member States that have reintroduced the use of the death penalty, extended its scope or resumed executions ...................................................... 13–14 4 III. Data on the use of the death penalty........................................................................ 15–18 5 IV. Enforcement of the death penalty ............................................................................ 19–21 6 V. Application of safeguards guaranteeing protection of the rights of those facing the death penalty ............................................................................. 22–61 6 A. Restriction of use of the death penalty to “most serious crimes”.................... 24–44 7 B. Fair trial guarantees ........................................................................................ 45–49 11 C. Access to consular services for foreign nationals ........................................... 50–52 12 D. Clemency, pardon or commutation ................................................................. 53–54 13 E. Prohibition of extradition, expulsion or deportation in the death penalty cases ........................................................................................ 55–58 13 F. Methods of execution ..................................................................................... 59–61 14 Use of the death penalty against children, persons with mental or intellectual disabilities and other vulnerable groups .................................................................. 62–74 15 A. Children .......................................................................................................... 62–66 15 B. Persons with mental or intellectual disabilities ............................................... 67–70 16 C. Discrimination in the imposition of the death penalty .................................... 71–74 17 VII. Human rights of children of parents sentenced to the death penalty or executed .... 75–77 17 VIII. Conclusions ............................................................................................................. 78–81 18 C. VI. 2 Paragraphs