Addressing the Lack of Forensic Scientific Evidence and Expertise in the “Trigger Mechanisms” of Genocide Investigations

Komar, Debra; Parra, Roberto C.; Jundi, Sami El

doi:10.1016/j.forsciint.2020.110499

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“…The medical examiner is an expert in comparing the physical evidence of a crime with the circumstantial data and then to corroborate or refute, with the right method, data that, otherwise, would have a mere circumstantial role. 11 Moreover, during his career, the medical examiner is called upon to clarify particularly complex suicidal and/or homicidal dynamics involving several subjects. For example, in mass disasters or mass murders/suicides, the medical examiner must face particularly critical contexts linked to unforeseen and sudden events (major accidents or natural disasters) and often characterized by a disproportion between the number of victims and available resources; these critical issues are also found in contexts of war.…”

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Role of forensic medicine in addressing the war crimes: Perspective from Russia-Ukraine conflict during the COVID-19 pandemic

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Cecannecchia

2022

Med Sci Law

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The International Criminal Court has recently opened an investigation into the international crimes committed on Ukrainian territory. The ongoing Russian-Ukrainian war is a tragic opportunity for a necessary critical and scientific reading of the Rome Statute. In our work, we aim to critically analyse the contents of the International Criminal Court's Rome Statute, with particular attention to the definition and listing of war crimes. Our objective is to assess whether the content of the Rome Statute and the Geneva Convention is useful to provide a correct and complete orientation of the medico-legal work in the context of war. We believe, in fact, that the forensic pathologists, and forensic experts in general, are the only professional figures specialised in providing scientific evidence of crimes compatible with war crimes. Their timely intervention and the standardisation of their work – in association with a review of the deficient content found in the Rome Statute – is essential in order to allow the prosecution of international crimes, already potentially undermined by the slowdowns associated with the COVID-19 pandemic that is the backdrop to the current conflict.

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Section: The Role Of Forensic Pathologistmentioning

confidence: 99%