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 men where they had been since their abduction, the men were reluctant to provide answers and the police intervened to stop further questions. The wives of the four men also reported that each of the men said, with police officers standing by, that they did not want to see a lawyer and that the wives should stop campaigning for them or lodging complaints about their cases. They further asked them to withdraw existing complaints to international bodies and organizations.42 ICJ Criminal investigations into enforced disappearances are not carried out by specialised prosecutors or experts. 81. Equip investigative teams and courts with the necessary means and resources to handle cases of enforced disappearance. Paragraph 29-34 Ministry of Justice Enjoying the same constitutional guarantees granted to judges, public prosecutors are functioning independently and prosecution services have been provided with sufficient resources in carrying out investigative duties. The Working Group urges the Government of Turkey to take decisive steps in ensuring independence of the judiciary in line with international standards. Truth Justice Memory Center - the Human Rights Joint Platform – Human Rights Watch There has been no progress in this regard. JWF – IAHRA Geneva The families of the disappeared persons in Turkey felt the investigative teams and/or courts are equipped properly with necessary means and resources to handle the cases of enforced disappearances. They submitted all the necessary information to the responsible offices about the phone number of the disappeared, the last place that he was seen on the day that he got missing, his auto plate number and everything, but no investigation was opened. They strongly believe however that their loved ones who have disappeared can be easily found in the 42 Human Rights Watch, Turkey: Concerns for Disappeared Men Now in Police Custody, 6 August 2019. < https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/08/06/turkey-concernsdisappeared-men-now-police-custody> accessed 11 February 2020. A/HRC/45/13/Add.4 34 Recommendations A/HRC/33/51/Add.1