Clean obsolete files

Note In 2004, Bhutan, Samoa and Senegal (de facto abolitionist on 31 December 2003) and Greece and Turkey (abolitionist for ordinary crimes on 31 December 2003) became completely abolitionist.

See Yoshihiro Yasuda, The Death Penalty in Japan , Death Penalty Beyond Abolition (Strasbourg, Council of Europe, 2004), pp. 215 231.

Death Penalty Information Center, Innocence and the Crisis in the American Death Penalty (September 2004) at www.deathpenaltyinfo.org.

(a) Retentionist countries that became abolitionist

The reply stated that Argentina should be considered a State that has effectively abolished capital punishment .

(b) Countries that became or consider themselves as de facto abolitionist

In summary, by the end of 2004, over half the countries formerly abolitionist for ordinary crimes had either become completely abolitionist or had plans to become so.

Amnesty International, Sierra Leone Amnesty International expresses dismay at 10 death sentences for treason, AI Index AFR 51 009 2004 (21 December 2004).

(a) Countries that were abolitionist for all crimes, whether in time of peace or war

Three formerly de facto abolitionist countries resumed executions.

Thus, 25 countries remained de facto abolitionist from the beginning of 1999 until the end of 2003 (6 of the 34 on 1 January 1999 having become abolitionist and 3 having reverted to being retentionist).

Countries that became abolitionist for all crimes between 1999 and 2003

Retentionist countries that were de facto abolitionist at the beginning of 1999

Four other countries became abolitionist for all ordinary crimes Albania, Chile, Latvia and Turkey.

Tajikistan became de facto abolitionist on legally establishing a moratorium on executions without limit of time in 2004.

The country became de facto abolitionist in 2001 on the basis that the last execution had been carried out in Chad in 1991.

Ensuring ethical conduct

Of the 34 countries that were de facto abolitionist at the beginning of 1999, 9 changed their status during the quinquennium.

In summary, three countries that were retentionist in 1999 became abolitionist for all crimes by the end of 2003.

The entrusting of children during divorce

Ensuring environmental sustainability

ensures appropriate health care

Guaranteeing the reproductive rights of refugees

As already noted, Chad had briefly become de facto abolitionist, but resumed executions within the period of the survey.

Goal 7 Ensure environmental sustainability

Three of these 11 countries, formerly abolitionist for ordinary crime became abolitionist for all crimes in the period 1999 2003 Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cyprus and Malta.

See Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, The Death Penalty in the OSCE Area, background paper 2004 1 (October 2004), sect. 3.2 (hereinafter OSCE background paper 2004 1).

(iii) Guaranteeing the right to a fair trial

Goal 2 Achieve Universal Primary Education

(d) To ensure readily accessible and fair trials

Freedom of information act and measures ___________

In addition, replies were received from five countries that were abolitionist only for ordinary crimes on 1 January 1999 Argentina, El Salvador, Greece, Malta and Mexico.

Thus, with the addition of these two countries, 17 States that were formerly retentionist became de facto abolitionist within the five year period 1999 to 2003.

(a) To ensure the independence of the judiciary and due process of law

(k) To ensure the rights and well being of internally displaced persons

Ensuring effective decentralization and community choice

To guarantee public health, free and of quality to all.

Women's rights to freedom and equality have been further ensured.

These remain our commitments on the basis of these commitments we remain open to a variety of partnerships.

Ensuring capacity for emergency response

working towards universal accession to the NPT

ensures appropriate psychosocial intervention and treatment

Ensuring free public accessibility of key statistics

Progress made in Ensuring Enjoyment of the Provisions of Convention.