Recommendations A/HRC/33/51/Add.1 Situation during the visit A/HRC/33/51/Add.1 Measures taken/current situation Level of implementation and observations (to be completed by the WGEID) There have been no effective and impartial investigations into the killings of civilians, instances of torture, ill-treatment and mass destructions of premises and displacements taken place in 2015 and 2016 during the security operations carried out in several Kurdish south-east towns that were under curfews.19 According to Huseyin Tul, a lawyer from Sirnak, many families have still not been able to access the bodies of their loved ones who were killed during the operations. Mr Tul suggested that as of December 2019 the fate of 14 missed persons remain unknown.20 "Non-prosecution" decisions have been made on 86 files to date regarding investigations initiated by the Cizre Chief Public Prosecutor's Office into these incidents. The Ministry of Interior refused 59 applications claiming pecuniary and non-pecuniary damages resulting from violations during the curfew in Cizre.. 21 ICJ There has not been any progress in investigations into the death of 310 civilians during the curfews in the south-east.1 Some decisions of non-prosecution have been taken to the Constitutional Court. However, no positive decision so far has been given by the Constitutional Court. 67. Thoroughly and independently investigate allegations of disappearances of migrants in, or transiting through, Turkey, including reports of women and children disappearing in trafficking networks when being trafficked from the Syrian Arab Republic to Turkey. 20 15 21 Human Rights Association To the best of our knowledge, there is no such investigation. JWF – IAHRA Geneva The JWF and IAHRA Geneva are not aware of any policy or changes in law and practice to thoroughly and independently investigate the disappearance of migrants, in particular women and children transiting Turkey. The Working Group regrets not having received any observations from the authorities in relation to this recommendation and reiterates its request to investigate allegations of disappearances of migrants, including asylum seekers, as outlined in the mission report. European Commission, Turkey 2019 Report, 29 May 2019 https://ec.europa.eu/neighbourhood-enlargement/sites/near/files/20190529-turkey-report.pdf accessed 11 February 2020. Evrensel, Cizre ve Silopi'deki sokağa çıkma yasaklarının üzerinden 4 yıl geçti, 11 December 2019. < https://www.evrensel.net/haber/392914/cizre-ve-silopidekisokaga-cikma-yasaklarinin-uzerinden-4-yil-gecti> accessed 10 February 2020. Ibid. A/HRC/45/13/Add.4 19 Paragraph 14