Missing persons

Physicians for Human Rights' International Forensic Program will soon launch the beta version of its new online course in international forensic investigation. Covers forensic projects, human rights and humanitarian law, and working with families of the missing. - [Read more]

Report of the International Conference of Governmental and Non-Governmental Experts (Geneva, 19-21 February 2003). Summary of relevant international law, and well-matured recommendations on development of law, forensics, support to families, and mechanisms to work on cases. - [Read more]

Download their manual and antemortem and postmorten forms in several languages. - [Read more]

This manual is intended for use by those first on the scene following a disaster when no specialists are at hand. It provides basic guidance to manage the recovery, basic identification, storage and disposal of dead bodies following disasters, to ensure that no information is lost and that the dead are treated with respect. PAHO - WHO - IFRC - ICRC, 2005. - [Read more]

Section of the Minnesota human rights library on the administration of justice. - [Read more]

A massive collection of online documents put together by the ICRC in preparation of the 2003 Conference of Experts. No longer updated and bound to becoming gradually obsolete, yet still a very useful resource - one of those hidden treasure chests you sometimes find on the web. - [Read more]

Website of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances. List of members, conact info, documents such as resolutions and declarations. - [Read more]