DNA Identification After Conflict or Disaster

摘要

Over the last 30 years, DNA profiling has been used to identify human remains that are so badly damaged, co-mingled, or decayed that they might otherwise have been lost to history (7). Despite growing recognition of the importance of forensic identification to promote the welfare and rights of survivors of large-scale conflict or natural disaster, access to it is often piecemeal and ad hoc. Large-scale national and international efforts to identify victims of repression and mass violence have been undertaken in the Western Balkans (2), Argentina (5), and elsewhere in the Americas (4).