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) ICJ8 There has not been any case of criminal responsibility or of civil liability for acts of enforced disappearance since the WGEID visit on 27 July 2016. In cases initiated either the defendants have been acquitted or the cases have been dropped due to statute of limitation. There are still no reparation programmes, social or psychological support programmes for families. There is still no public memorial site. 66. Undertake a thorough and impartial investigation into all allegations of human rights violations in the context of the current security operations in the south-east, including of families not being able to have access to the bodies of their killed loved ones and of bodies being disposed of. 8 9 10 Paragraphs 10-13 Truth Justice Memory Center - the Human Rights Joint Platform – Human Rights Watch The investigations into the enforced disappearances of the 1990s have long been protracted by the public prosecutors, who have abstained from effectively taking the investigative measures to establish the truth about the circumstances surrounding the incidents and identify and –if appropriate – punish those responsible 9 . The public prosecutors’ unwillingness to collect available evidence and failure to proceed with reasonable expedition have caused the closure of investigations without shedding light on the fate or whereabouts of the disappeared due to the expiration of statute of limitation periods. In relation to the security operations in the south-east during the curfews declared between 2015-2016, the data of the prominent NGOs 10 reveal the continuation of the similar pattern. The The Working Group reiterates its serious concern at the apparent lack of effective, independent, timely and impartial investigations into allegations of human rights abuses, including enforced disappearances, which have occurred under the guise of combatting terrorism amid the ongoing curfews in the southeast. Allegations of improper disposal and desecration of bodies with a view to concealing evidence is a matter of serious concern, which should be investigated without further delay. The families’ right to the truth is International Commission of Jurists (ICJ). For a comprehensive analysis of the effectiveness of the investigations into the enforced disappearances of the 1990s, please see, Hakikat Adalet Hafıza Merkezi, “Enforced Disappearances and the Conduct of the Judiciary”, 2013, pp. 15-47, available at http://hakikatadalethafiza.org/en/kaynak/enforced-disappearances-and-theconduct-of-the-judiciary/. Hakikat Adalet Hafıza Merkezi (Truth Justice Memory Center), İnsan Hakları Derneği (Human Rights Association) and Türkiye İnsan Hakları Vakfı (Human Rights Foundation of Turkey) submitted an analysis to the European Court of Human Rights of the 115 investigations into the killings which occurred during the curfews imposed between 14 December 2015 and 3 March 2016 in the district of Cizre in the Sirnak province. This unpublished analysis aims to set forth whether the A/HRC/45/13/Add.4 10 Recommendations A/HRC/33/51/Add.1