A/HRC/41/36/Add.1 Communications sent on alleged Death Penalty violations by Country Bahrain Egypt Iran Japan Pakistan Saudi Arabia South Sudan Sudan Syrian Arab Republic USA Viet Nam 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 37. As indicated in the table below, the main alleged violations regarding the imposition of the death penalty include: fair trial concerns in judicial procedures leading to the imposition of the death penalty (30); the imposition of the death penalty for crimes that do not meet the threshold of “most serious crimes” (22); extraction of confessions under torture/duress (8); sentencing to death or execution of an individual who was a child at time of alleged offense (7), concerns about a legislative or policy framework in relation to the death penalty (18), and imposition of the death penalty on an individual with a disability (2). Death Penalty Safeguards - Number of Communications by Alleged Violation DP Against Individual with Disabilities 2 Child at time of offence 7 Extraction of confession under torture 8 Legislation 18 Most serious crimes 22 Fair Trial Concenrs 30 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 38. The Special Rapporteur continues to be alarmed at the number of cases in which the death sentence was allegedly imposed following judicial procedures that fall short of international standards of fair trial and due process, a necessary requirement for the lawful imposition of this type of punishment. All the communications considered in Tabulation (B) address this issue (100%). The Special Rapporteur wishes to remind States that have retained this form of punishment that the death penalty may only be carried out following a legal process that provides all possible safeguards to ensure a fair trial, and that only full respect 14