Missing persons

This special issue on missing persons examines protection work and restoration of family links, support for the families of missing persons, collection and management of personal data, and mechanisms for handling cases of missing persons.

Missing persons

IRRC No. 848 December 2002 Missing persons

Table of contents

Editorial: Missing persons author:

The missing author: Sophie Martin

The ICRC and the missing author: Marie-Louise Tougas, Marco Sassòli

From regimental number to genetic code: The handling of bodies of war victims in the search for identity author: Luc Capdevila, Danièle Voldman

‘Denial and silence’ or ‘acknowledgement and disclosure’ author: Magriet Blaauw, Virpi Lähteenmäki

Humanitarian action, religious ritual and death author: Sylvain Froidevaux

The United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances author: Federico Andreu-Guzmán

Overcoming tensions between family and judicial procedures author: Vasuki Nesiah

The missing in the aftermath of war: When do the needs of victims’ families and international war crimes tribunals clash? author: Eric Stover, Rachel Shigekane

Developing standards in international forensic work to identify missing persons author: Stephen Cordner, Helen McKelvie

Reflections on the scientific documentation of human rights violations author: Luis Fondebrider

Management, exhumation and identification of human remains: A viewpoint of the developing world author: Alex Kirasi Olumbe, Ahmed Kalebi Yakub

Biotechnology, weapons and humanity author:

Books and articles (Winter 2002) author:

Missing persons

IRRC No. 848 December 2002 Missing persons

Table of contents

Editorial: Missing persons author:

The missing author: Sophie Martin

The ICRC and the missing author: Marie-Louise Tougas, Marco Sassòli

From regimental number to genetic code: The handling of bodies of war victims in the search for identity author: Luc Capdevila, Danièle Voldman

‘Denial and silence’ or ‘acknowledgement and disclosure’ author: Magriet Blaauw, Virpi Lähteenmäki

Humanitarian action, religious ritual and death author: Sylvain Froidevaux

The United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances author: Federico Andreu-Guzmán

Overcoming tensions between family and judicial procedures author: Vasuki Nesiah

The missing in the aftermath of war: When do the needs of victims’ families and international war crimes tribunals clash? author: Eric Stover, Rachel Shigekane

Developing standards in international forensic work to identify missing persons author: Stephen Cordner, Helen McKelvie

Reflections on the scientific documentation of human rights violations author: Luis Fondebrider

Management, exhumation and identification of human remains: A viewpoint of the developing world author: Alex Kirasi Olumbe, Ahmed Kalebi Yakub

Biotechnology, weapons and humanity author:

Books and articles (Winter 2002) author:

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