In a show of clemency, Ivan recalled a number of nobles to Moscow.

According to the information provided by OSCE, in Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, cases of persons sentenced to death are automatically considered by the Clemency Commission irrespective of whether the person concerned seeks clemency.

Condemned persons could appeal for clemency and such requests were sent to the Presidential Pardon Commission for review.

Such measures had nothing to do with the granting of clemency or a moratorium on the death penalty.

During the five year period, 20 death sentences were confirmed following the conclusion of the appeal clemency process.

Even before Estrada s conviction, opinion polls showed that 48 of Filipinos wanted clemency, if not a guaranteed pardon from Arroyo.

Many of the journalists and opposition figures were eventually released or granted clemency, but there has been no letup to the torment.

Notwithstanding, that I be not further tedious unto thee, I pray thee that thou wouldest hear us of thy clemency a few words.

The ruling came out 8 months ago but an increased online campaign for clemency for the farmers put the story back into public awareness.

The Committee refused to accept the State's explanation that it was inappropriate for counsel to submit a communication after rejection of their application for Presidential clemency.

Questions were also asked about the appeal and clemency process and whether there was any discussion or research relating to the question of abolition of the death penalty.

There have been further reports of executions having taken place between 1999 and 2003 while petitions for clemency or review by an international body have been under way.

The death penalty is in place for a limited number of especially serious crimes, and every individual who is sentenced to death has the right to appeal the sentence and to petition for clemency.

Many of the journalists and opposition figures were eventually released or granted clemency, but there has been no letup to the torment. In late April 2009, security forces arrested 40 opposition figures, accusing them of trying to topple the government.

In this regard, it was observed that mechanisms for executive clemency did not constitute an adequate means of redress because such measures were different from judicial remedies, tended towards confidentiality or secrecy, and excluded standards of legal due process and equality of the parties.

No information on the outcome is published in Belarus and very few acts of clemency appear to have been granted in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan or Tajikistan prior to the establishment of moratoriums on executions, or in Uzbekistan, although no official statistics have ever been published.

(e) Also called upon Member States in which the death penalty might be carried out to ensure that officials involved in decisions to carry out an execution were fully informed of the status of appeals and petitions for clemency of the prisoner in question

Even before Estrada s conviction, opinion polls showed that 48 of Filipinos wanted clemency, if not a guaranteed pardon from Arroyo. More than 80 said Estrada should be allowed to languish in a lush private family vacation home where he already spent the last six years awaiting his verdict.

It further notes the State party's contention that the death sentence shall be carried out not earlier than one (1) year nor later than eighteen (18) months after the judgement has become final and executory, without prejudice to the exercise by the President of his executive clemency powers at all times .

(d) Called upon Member States in which the death penalty might be carried out to allow adequate time for the preparation of appeals to a court of higher jurisdiction and for the completion of appeal proceedings, as well as petitions for clemency, in order to effectively apply rules 5 and 8 of the safeguards guaranteeing protection of the rights of those facing the death penalty