On 8 March 2023 Azerbaijan signed Protocol No. 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), which concerns the abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances (ETS No. 187). The text now requires ratification to become legally binding for Azerbaijan. This signature coincides with the 25th anniversary of the abolition at national level (1998) https://perma.cc/4YT4-92C9 Armenia carried out no executions after independence; the last execution took place in 1988. The last execution in Azerbaijan took place in 1993 and in Georgia in 1995. 🇦🇿 1990 8.38 - 1993 PEAK 2000 5.7 means it decreased. Looking the homicide graph, you see the decrease ALREADY BEFORE 1998! The death penalty in Latvia was officially abolished in 2011, while the last death sentences for two murderers were carried out in 1996 https://perma.cc/5HH4-T4ZD 🇱🇻 1990 10.3 - 2000 13.4!!! (still no death execution in the last 4 years) - from the graph you see the homicide decreased already BEFORE THE BAN! in 2011!!! Amnesty: The last execution in Bulgaria took place on 4 November 1989 -- a year in which 14 people were subjected to this irrevocable sanction. Throughout the 1980s Bulgaria had one of the highest execution rates in Europe, with 27 people executed in 1986, 20 in 1987 and 26 in 1988. Mr. Draganov said Bulgaria's abolition of the death penalty, despite public opposition, on 10 December 1998 https://perma.cc/W5G9-KG6X 🇧🇬 1990 3.97 - 2000 4.51!!! = increase!!! from the graph instead a decrease already before ban ... Montenegro had already abolished the death penalty in 2002 when it was part of a state union with Serbia. Estonia 1998, Ukraine 1999 https://perma.cc/22J2-KRRC 🇷🇸 1990 4.93 - 2000 4.57 = little decrease - from the graph decrease before ban 🇪🇪 1990 11.8 - 2000 15.34!!! Estonia. The last execution took place in September 1991 https://perma.cc/C4D5-R69T - from the graph increase even WITHOUT execution and decreased already before the ban! 🇺🇦 1990 8.38 - 2000 16.09!!! from the graph we see AN INCREASE TOO!