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) the public when considered necessary by the Board. 23 of the visit reports has been available on the website. Besides, NPM prepared its annual report of 2018 and the report is published on the official web site of the Institution. Recommendations were made to the detention centers administrations as well as the relevant authorities as follows: Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Services, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Health Security General Directorate Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency, Directorate General of Migration Management, General Commandership of Gendarmerie. 53 50 In cases of flagrante delicto, only specific senior police officers appointed in advance have the authority of detaining suspects for up to 48 hours for certain crimes committed collectively if the For more detailed recent information please see UN, “Compilation on Turkey”, available at https://undocs.org/A/HRC/WG.6/35/TUR/2. The Working Group continues to call on the Turkish authorities to amend this provision and align it with international human rights standards. Drawing on its experience, the A/HRC/45/13/Add.4 96. Abolish the provisions giving the police under certain circumstances the authority to detain persons for up to 48 hours without the authorization of a judicial authority. Truth Justice Memory Center - the Human Rights Joint Platform – Human Rights Watch Shortly after the attempted coup in July 2016, a state of emergency was declared and the majority of the legislative measures were amended by Emergency Decrees. These amendments were subsequently adopted by the National Assembly, making them permanent. This legislative framework lacks basic human rights safeguards, falling short of Convention requirements and Turkey’s obligations under international law. Through numerous provisions of the Emergency Decrees passed under the state of emergency and subsequently enshrined in law, crucial human rights safeguards have been removed, inter alia having adverse effect on the rights of detainees, triggering the occurrence of enforced disappearances.50 JWF – IAHRA Geneva Family members of those subject to enforced disappearance in Turkey or outside Turkey, and now deprived of their liberty, do not believe that their rights under the Declaration and other international instruments are observed. Ministry of Justice

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