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
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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.
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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
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