75. Establish a register with the exact or
approximate number of disappeared
persons.
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Situation during the visit
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Measures taken/current situation
Level of implementation and
observations (to be completed by
the WGEID)
Relying on the testimonies, confessions and information
gathered, İHD mapped the burial sites. Hafiza Merkezi keeps the
records of the burial sites, as well.
LLG – TGRLSP
The Turkish Government has not taken any steps to examine
potential mass graves or establish a mapping of all burial sites,
despite hundreds of mass graves uncovered by the Human Rights
Association. 33 A report by the Office of the UN High
Commissioner for Human Rights published in February 2017 34
and the February 2017 Council of Europe report on missing
persons and victims of enforced disappearance35 highlighted that
human rights defenders face major difficulties in accessing the
field on cases of enforced disappearances that occurred in the
1990’s, for example in order to locate mass graves. The situation
remains the same in 2020 due to on-going violence and a sharp
deterioration of human rights record after the military coup
attempt of July 2016.
ICJ
There is no information available to the public that necessary
measures have been taken.
The Working Group reiterates its
request to the Government of Turkey
to take into serious account the
interactive map of mass graves in
Turkey prepared by NGO Human
Rights Association and to take
appropriate action in coordination
with the families of the disappeared.
Truth Justice Memory Center - the Human Rights Joint Platform
– Human Rights Watch
There has been no progress in this regard.
Human Rights Association
There is no registry -even on the estimated figures- of
disappeared persons or burial sites.
The Working Group notes with
concern that the Government of
Turkey has yet to establish a register
with the exact or approximate number
of disappeared people and urges
Bianet, HD: 348 Mass Graves 4.201 Bodies Found, 25 May 2015. <http://bianet.org/english/human-rights/164783-ihd-348-mass-graves-4-201-bodies-found>
accessed 11 February 2020.
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Report on the impact of the state of emergency on human rights in Turkey, including an update
on the South-East, January – December 2017, March 2018. < https://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Countries/TR/2018-03-19_Second_OHCHR_Turkey_Report.pdf>
accessed 11 February 2020.
CoE: Commissioner for Human Rights, Missing Persons and Victims Of Enforced Disappearance In Europe: Round-Table with human rights defenders organised by
the Office of the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Strasbourg, 30 June and 1 July 2016, 22 February 2017. <
https://rm.coe.int/ref/CommDH(2017)4> accessed 11 February 2020.
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