A/HRC/8/11 page 9 for a violation of article 14, provided that it was manifest to the judge that the lawyer’s behaviour was incompatible with the interests of justice.21 Where a person sentenced to death seeks available constitutional review of irregularities in a criminal trial but does not have sufficient means to meet the costs of legal assistance in order to pursue such remedy, the State would be obliged to provide free legal aid.22 22. On 10 October 2005 and 2006, the World Coalition against the Death Penalty organized the fourth and fifth World Day against the Death Penalty respectively. IV. SUMMARY OF THE STATUS OF THE DEATH PENALTY WORLDWIDE AS OF 7 MAY 2008 23. Based on the information provided in the latest quinquennial report as updated, the following table provides a summary of the status of the death penalty worldwide as of May 2008. Table 1 Summary of the status of the death penalty worldwide as of 7 May 2008 Number of retentionist countries Number of completely abolitionist countries Number of countries abolitionist for ordinary crimes only Number of countries that can be considered de facto abolitionist 60 93 10 34 V. CONCLUSIONS 24. The trend towards abolition continues. The number of countries that are completely abolitionist has risen from 85 to 93. The overall number of retentionist countries decreased from 65 to 60. There was also a significant increase in the number of countries which have ratified international instruments providing for the abolition of the death penalty. ----- 21 Ibid., para. 38. 22 Ibid., para. 10.