A/HRC/18/53 contributed in slowing down the process without completely stopping it, that explains the discrepancies in cadaver description between Teshreen Hospital in Damascus on April 30th, 2011, and the National Hospitel in Daraa on May 24th, 2011. 5. The committee mandated Deputy Public Prosecution in Damascus to present a report explaining the judicial procedures of investigations he ran in relation to the cadaver of deceased Hamza al Khateeb. A report of one page signed by the Deputy Public Prosecution was presented as follows: In a late hour on Friday night, April 29th, 2011, we were informed by Teshreen Military Hospital about the existence in their forensic department of a cadaver with no identity, the cadaver arrived from Daraa. As judge of crimes, I immediately went to Teshreen Military Hospital, accompanied by a clerk and a forensic expert, Dr. Seles Waqqaf, we all examined the cadaver from a medical and judicial view points in order to determine the cause of death, lately appeared to be bullets from a fire arms. Forensic photographer took detailed photos of the cadaver, we attributed the number 23 to it, the cadaver did not bear traces of acts of violence or beating or torture or broken bones. Our examination of the cadaver continued until the morning of Saturday, April 30th, 2011. In addition, we mandated a committee of three experienced medical doctors, Dr. Akram Al Shaar, Dr. Issam Ahmad and Dr. Ismael Kiwan, to determine the exact cause of death. The cadaver was confined to a refrigerator in the morgue of Teshreen Military Hospital, Department of Forensics. It would be delivered to the family as soon as we identify the deceased, which later took place when the cadaver number 23, turned out to belong to the boy Hamza Al Khateeb, was moved from Teshreen Military Hospital on May 21st, 2011, 5 pm, to a refrigerator in the National Hospital in Daraa. It took an hour and a half trip to get there. We have no information as to what happened next. 6. The committee called Dr. Ismael Abu Nabut, employed by the National Hospital, forensic department on June 1st, 2011, as he was the person who had examined the cadaver of the boy Hamza Al Khateeb, in order to get the accurate scientific facts beyond any doubts, the three members of the committee of medical doctors –mentioned above- who examined the cadaver were also called, they held a meeting and discussed the situation from a technical, medical and scientific view points, and reached a description that was formulated by forensic Dr. Abu Nabut as follows: “We, Dr. Ismael Abu Nabut, forensic doctor of the province of Daraa, hereby declare, after viewing the report presented by the committee of three medical doctors dated April 29th, 2011, in the matter of examining the cadaver of the deceased Hamza Al Khateeb, in addition to seeing photos of the cadaver taken in Damascus on April, 4th, 2011, and photos taken in Daraa on May 24th, 2011. Following a meeting with my colleagues, members of the medical committee, Dr. Akram al shaar, Dr. Issam Ahmad and Dr. Ismael Kiwan, and the viewing of comparative documents related to the photos taken by them of the same cadaver in Damascus and in Daraa, I declare the following: It was mentioned in my report dated May 24th, 2011, the existence of a post mortem amputation on the penis, and that the cadaver had presented at the time of examination, general signs of decomposition, also in its reproductive areas, which was apparent in swelling of the scrotum, and blue coloring and skin abrasions. I support the possibility that an amputation might have not occurred, and this physical loss might have taken place during the advancing stage of decomposition previously described, or with skin friction at the area during transport of the cadaver. This is my conclusion of expertise” 115