The Need for a Centralised and Humanitarian-based Approach to Missing Persons in Iraq

An Example from Kosovo1

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12593887
AutoresJosé Pablo Baraybar (0000-0003-1728-8576), Valerie Brasey, Andrew Zadel (Yahoo (United Kingdom), autor de correspondencia)
Año2007
Volumen11
Número3
Páginas265-274
Fecha de publicación2007-08-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaThe International Journal of Human Rights (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1364-2987 • E-ISSN: 1744-053X
EditorialRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13642980701443335
OpenAlexW1993868281
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas8

Forensics operations in Kosovo in 1999 lacked standard operating procedures (SOPs) and focused on volume of evidence rather than the identification of bodies. The results were chaotic and complicated later efforts to locate the missing. The establishment of the Office on Missing Persons and Forensics in 2002 prioritised the needs of the families of the missing, specifically the individual identification and return of human remains. Similarly, the search for missing persons in Iraq should be coordinated by a central body with the authority to enforce SOPs. Its aims should be to serve the needs of the families and to develop the capacity of Iraqis to carry out forensic work

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