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) on the executive.52 Under the existing circumstances the Human Rights and Equality Board cannot effectively and adequately carry out its mandate because it lacks the independence required under the Paris Principles. 53 Incapacitating and rendering completely ineffective the Human Rights and Equality Institution of Turkey and the Parliament’s Committee on Human Rights Inquiry,54 the government has also ensured that perpetrators of serious human rights violations, including enforced or involuntary disappearances, are granted complete immunity from prosecution. LLG – TGRLSP Two main human rights institutions of Turkey, the Office of Ombudsman and the Human Rights and Equality Institution of Turkey (NHREI) do not satisfy the criteria of the Paris Principles and with ECRI’s General Policy Recommendations Nos. 2 and 7 in terms of their statute, structure, function, activities, financial and operational independence and eligibility and appointment criteria for appointments to the offices. 55 In its 2019 progress report, the European Commission also confirmed that neither of these institutions are operationally, structurally or financially independent, and their members are not appointed in compliance with the Paris Principles. 56 ICJ Emergency Decree n.703 and Presidential Circular n.2018/1 tied the national human rights institution to the Ministry of Justice. According to these regulations, all members and the chairmen of 52 53 54 55 56 Eight members of the board are chosen by the government, and three by the president. Principles relating to the status of national institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights. Serving as a national monitoring mechanism, the Commission continues to have limited ability in influencing government decision-making. UN Human Rights Council Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review, Summary of Stakeholders’ submissions on Turkey, 12 November 2019. < https://undocs.org/A/HRC/WG.6/35/TUR/3> accessed 11 November 2020. European Commission, Turkey 2019 Report, 29 May 2019. A/HRC/45/13/Add.4 62 Recommendations A/HRC/33/51/Add.1