A/HRC/38/44/Add.3 33. The graph below reflects the number of communications sent to each State on alleged violations in relation to the death penalty. Communications sent on alleged Death Penalty violations by Country Afghanistan Bahrain Egypt Indonesia Iran Iraq Lebanon Malaysia Maldives Other Actor Pakistan Philippines Saudi Arabia Singapore United Arab Emirates USA Yemen 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 34. 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 (26); the imposition of the death penalty for crimes that do not meet the threshold of “most serious crimes” (12); extraction of confessions under torture/duress (12); sentencing to death or execution of an individual who was a child at time of alleged offense (6), concerns about a legislative or policy framework in relation to the death penalty (3), and use or proposed use of a method of execution which violates human rights standards (2). 13

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