Situation during the visit
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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.
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