A/HRC/45/13/Add.4 I. Introduction 1. This document contains information supplied by Government, civil society and other stakeholders, relating to the follow-up measures to the recommendations made by the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances, following its country visit. In paragraph 7 a) of its Resolution 7/12, the Human Rights Council requested Governments that have accepted visits “to give all necessary attention to the Working Group’s recommendations” and invited them to inform the Working Group of “any action they take on those recommendations”. The Human Rights council reiterates this request in paragraph 16 a) of its Resolution 21/4. Resolution 36/6 renews the mandate of the Working Group in conformity with the terms set forth in Human Rights Council resolution 7/12. 2. The Working Group decided in 2010 to adopt the present format to its follow-up reports with the aim of rendering it reader-friendly and of facilitating the identification of concrete steps taken in response to the specific recommendations and to reflect the opinions of the different actors involved in the process. For this reason, follow-up tables have been created. The tables contain the recommendations of the Working Group, a brief description of the situation when the country visit was undertaken, an overview of the steps taken on the basis of the information gathered by the Working Group both from governmental and nongovernmental sources, and the observations of the Working Group on the level of implementation of the recommendations. 3. The Working Group continues to offer its assistance to the Governments that have received a visit, to comply with the recommendations made and stands ready to assist them in their efforts to prevent and combat the heinous crime of enforced disappearance. II. Turkey Follow-up to the recommendations made by the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances in the report of its visit to Turkey from 14 to 18 March 2016 (A/HRC/33/51/Add.1) 4. On 18 November 2019, the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances requested the Government of Turkey to provide information on measures taken to implement the recommendations that were made in the report A/HRC/33/51/Add.1 (paragraphs 64 - 102), after its visit to the country in March 2016. On 14 February 2020, the Government of Turkey provided the requested information. On 30 July 2020, the Government of Turkey submitted additional observations, which are contained in A/HRC/45/13/Add.7. 5. The Working Group thanks the Government of Turkey for the co-operation with the process of the follow-up report. While recognizing that limited progress was made in the legislative domain, notably in abolishing statutory limitations for the crime of torture, the Working Group notes that many recommendations have only been partially addressed or have not been addressed at all. The Working Group therefore underlines the importance of full implementation of all of the recommendations made in the report. 6. The Working Group recognizes that following its visit in March 2016, the Government of Turkey faced dire security challenges during and in the immediate aftermath of the attempted coup on 15 July 2016. The events added a sense of urgency for Turkey to consolidate democratic institutions and the rule of law, in an effort to protect and promote fundamental rights and freedoms of all citizens without discrimination. In particular, any progress was contingent on a durable cessation of hostilities and implementation of an effective transitional justice process for its conflict-riven southeastern region. To that end, the report’s recommendations provided a blueprint to the Government of Turkey to come to terms with past enforced disappearances in all relevant areas, namely truth, justice, reparation, and memory of the victims. 7. In the wake of the attempted coup, the Working Group is concerned that an entrenched culture of impunity provided a fertile ground for cases of enforced disappearance to increase. 2