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) forensic evidence at the excavations and were lax in maintaining evidence after it has been disinterred31. Human Rights Association İHD has prepared and released a report on burial sites in 2011 and the report has been updated in 2014. According to the report, there are 348 burial sites -including identified and alleged ones- there are allegedly 4201 bodies. The report has been shared with the official authorities and no legal or administrative measures have been taken. On the other hand, there are 17 cemeteries for militants and victims of disappearances. 263 bodies has been exhumed from the cemetery in Yukarıölek village of Tatvan district in Bitlis province: The bones/bodies have been transferred to the Forensic Institute in İstanbul. After having been kept there for 2 years without any examination, the bodies/bones have been buried in a common grave. JWF – IAHRA Geneva The JWF and IAHRAGeneva are not aware on any measures by the government to ensure proper investigation of existing burial sites, the proper preservation of the sites and the protection of the samples’ chain of custody. LLG – TGRLSP Turkey has not taken any steps towards instigating the investigation of burial sites or the preservation of the sites. ICJ 31 Bianet, “Bones of the Disappeared Get Lost again after Excavation”, available at http://bianet.org/english/minorities/128282-bonesof-the-disappeared-get-lost-againafter-excavation. A/HRC/45/13/Add.4 24 Recommendations A/HRC/33/51/Add.1