A/HRC/18/53 When examining photos taken at the Teshreen Military Hospital in Damascus on April 30th 2011, and comparing it with the cadaver photos taken at the National Hospital in Daraa on May 24th 2011 we found the following distinctions: differences The National Hospital in Daraa Teshreen Military Hospital, Damascus 1 Black color, swelling in eyelids, nose, lips, signs of post mortem decomposition process. Light abrasions of bruises happened when the person was alive; the body is soiled with blood, no signs of swelling. 2 Flushed green color and blackened No green color or blackened areas on areas in the right cheek, upper chest and the body. extremities, all due to post mortem decomposition process. 3 Severe swelling with green tint of the testicles area, lower abdomen and top of the thighs, due to post mortem decomposition process. No swelling or black green coloring of testicles area. 4 Scored skin, especially in the neck and hands areas, due to post mortem decomposition process. No scored skin. 5 Visible parts of the vascular system, No apparent vascular system elements tinted with brown color on the legs, due on the surface of the body of the to post mortem decomposition process. deceased. 6 Traces of fetid liquids completely covering the surface of the cadaver, a sign of post mortem decomposition process. No traces of liquid. 7 Glans appear in a black color with testicles scored skin at the basis of the penis, subcutaneous tissue is colored in yellow, a sign of post mortem decomposition process. Nothing in the photos suggests amputation. Testicles, in their normal location, appear to be small, the penis is small and buried in the scrotum, the only visible part is glans with reddish pink color, a little opening of urethra in the center, this appearance is related to his overweight, no signs of scored skin. 8 Perforations of bullets entry blackened with blood, a sign of post mortem decomposition process. Perforations of bullets entry and blood are of red color, also light red color blood is spread in different areas on the surface of the cadaver. To discuss dissimilarities appeared in the cadaver’s photos taken in Teshreen Hospital in Damascus on April 30th, 2011, compared to photos taken in the National Hospitel in Daraa on May 24th, 2011: • What emerged from the photos taken in the National Hospitel in Daraa on May 24th, 2011 are the changes of the state of the cadaver due to the process of decomposition that was taking place between the moment of death and the time the cadaver was delivered to the National Hospital in Daraa. These are normal physiological shifts that generally occur with time after death takes place, they are related to different bacteria in the air and elsewhere producing gas and leading to enlargement of cadavers’ cavities, and characterized by skin becoming easy to shred just by simple friction, and body orifices producing rotten liquids, muscles tissue and internal organs start to decay with time, leaving only a skeleton. According to forensics this process is conform to the circumstances and temperature of the place where the cadaver was found, despite the fact that in this particular case, the cadaver was kept refrigerated at minus 5 Celsius, which had 114