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The International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP) has assisted Bosnia and Herzegovina in accounting for almost 90% of those reported missing from the 1995 fall Srebrenica. 520 will be buried in the Potocari Memorial Center today. Međunarodna komisija za nestale osobe (ICMP) pomogla je vlastima Bosne i Hercegovine da dosad otkriju gotovo 90% od ukupnog broja osoba prijavljenih kao nestale padom Srebrenice u julu 1995. godine. U Memorijalnom centru u Potočarima danas će biti ukopano 520 od ovih identifikovnih žrtava.
ICMP estimates that between 8,000 and 8,100 individuals went missing from the 1995 fall of Srebrenica. In an effort to DNA identify these victims, ICMP has collected blood samples from 22,160 family members of 7,773 reported victims and compared them with DNA profiles from post mortem samples excavated from mass graves. Of the 7,040 unique profiles extracted from bone samples, 6,838 persons have now been DNA identified by ICMP.
Thus far, of the 40,000 persons missing from the conflicts of the 1990’s in the former Yugoslavia, over 70% have been accounted for. ICMP has assisted governments in the region in accurately identifying 16,722 persons, of which 13,964 relate to the Bosnia and Herzegovina.
According to forensic experts, Srebrenica presents the most complicated forensic challenge in terms of locating and identifying the victims. This is because the initial mass grave sites containing the mortal remains of victims were disturbed and the contents removed and buried in a series of secondary sites in an attempt to conceal evidence. As a consequence, body parts are found disarticulated in numerous primary and secondary mass grave sites. In many cases body parts of one individual have been found in several different mass graves. ICMP forensic anthropologists use DNA analysis as a tool in re-associating disarticulated parts of the same body.
“The task of locating and identifying the 40,000 persons that went missing in the former Yugoslavia is an arduous one,” said Kathryne Bomberger, the Director-General of ICMP. “There is no doubt that the use of DNA technology has been instrumental in accounting for persons that would never have been found. This is clearly the case with Srebrenica. If DNA had not been used as the primary means of identification, we would never have known the identity of these 6,838 individuals,” she added. “We hope that by providing this type of assistance to governments, that we are not only helping victims of these atrocities, but also ensuring that governments in the region take responsibility for addressing this painful legacy of the conflict.”
ICMP was created in 1996, following the G-7 Summit in Lyon, France. ICMP endeavors to secure the co-operation of governments and other authorities in locating and identifying persons missing as a result of armed conflicts, other hostilities or violations of human rights and to assist governments or authorities in doing so. Since its establishment in 1996 ICMP has been funded through voluntary grants, donations and contributions from the following participating Governments: Canada, Czech Republic, Chile, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, The Holy See, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, The United Kingdom, The United States of America and The European Union.
ICMP procjenjuje da je padom Srebrenice 1995. godine nestalo između 8.000 i 8.100 osoba. Kako bi DNK analizom identifikovao ove žrtve ICMP je prikupio uzorke krvi od 22.160 srodnika 7.773 nestale osobe prijavljene ICMP-u, te ih je uporedio sa koštanim uzorcima ekshumiranim iz masovnih grobnica. Od ukupno 7.040 jedinstvenih genetskih profila koje je dobio iz ekshumiranih koštanih uzoraka ICMP je putem DNK analize dosad identifikovao 6.838 osoba.
Također, do danas je pronađeno oko 70% od oko 40.000 osoba koliko je nestalo u sukobima krajem prošlog stoljeća u bivšoj Jugoslaviji. ICMP je vladama u ovom regionu pomogao u preciznoj identifikaciji 16.722 osobe, od čega 13.964 u Bosni i Hercegovini.
Prema mišljenju forenzičkih eksperata, pronalazak i identifikacija srebreničkih žrtava predstavlja najkomplikovaniji forenzički izazov. Razlog tome je što su prvobitne masovne grobnice oskrnavljene i prekopavane a tijela u njima premještena u nizove sekundarnih masovnih grobnica sa ciljem da se prikriju dokazi. Kao rezultat toga, tijela su raskomadana i njihovi dijelovi se nalaze u brojnim primarnim i sekundarnim masovnim grobnicama. U mnogim slučajevima dijelovi jedne osobe nađeni su u nekoliko različitih masovnih grobnica. ICMP-evi forenzički antropolozi koriste DNK analizu kako bi sklopili pripadajuće dijelove tijela.
“Pronalazak i identifikacija 40.000 osoba koje su nestale raspadom bivše Jugoslavije je vrlo težak posao”, izjavila je generalna direktorica ICMP-a, Kathryne Bomberger. “Nema sumnje da je upotreba DNK tehnologije bila ključ za identifikaciju osoba koje drugačije nikada ne bi bile identifikovane. Nigdje to nije jasnije nego u Srebrenici. Da DNK analiza nije upotrijebljena kao primarni metod identifikacije nikada ne bismo saznali identitet ovih 6.838 osoba. Nadamo se da na ovaj način pomažemo ne samo žrtvama ovih zvjerstava, nego i vladama u regionu da razriješe ovo bolno nasljedstvo sukoba“.
ICMP je osnovan 1996. godine na samitu G-7 u Lionu, u Francuskoj. ICMP nastoji da obezbijedi saradnju vlada i drugih institucija na pronalasku i identifikaciji osoba nestalih usljed oružanih sukoba, drugih neprijateljstava i prilikom kršenja ljudskih prava, kao i da im pomogne u ovim aktivnostima. Otkako je osnovan 1996. godine ICMP se finansira kroz dobrovoljne grantove, donacije i doprinose sljedećih zemalja: Kanade, Češke Republike, Čilea, Danske, Finske, Francuske, Njemačke, Grčke, Svete Stolice, Islanda, Irske, Italije, Holandije, Norveške, Poljske, Španije, Švedske, Švicarske, Tajlanda, Turske, Ujedinjenog Kraljevstva, Sjedinjenih Američkih Država te Evropske unije.
