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2 December 2010: The Missing Persons Task Team of the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) of South Africa and the International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP) have successfully collaborated in resolving cases of political disappearances from the period 1960 to 1994.
As a consequence of their joint efforts, several long-pending cases were resolved, including the identification of three members of the African National Congress (ANC) who disappeared in 1983, a Soweto Student Congress Member who was killed with two fellow activists in Soweto 1989, an Alexandra Township activist who was killed in 1986 and a man killed in 1982 during armed raids in Maseru, Lesotho. ICMP was also able to exclude the possibility that one man who disappeared in Pretoria in 1976 during a nationwide student protest, where over 800 persons had been killed, had been found.
“The identified remains are handed over to the affected families in a special ceremony,” said Madeleine Fullard, Head of the Missing Persons Task Team in the NPA. “It’s been a long journey lasting over two decades for these families and we are delighted that the ICMP was able to resolve these cases. It is extremely important that victims of political violence in Africa are also able to benefit from DNA identifications, which has become standard practice in other parts of the world.”
“ICMP is pleased to have been of assistance in helping South Africa address an issue that is of continuing political and legal concern and to the families of those who have suffered for so long from not knowing the fate of a missing relative,” said Kathryne Bomberger, Director-General of the ICMP. “We hope that we can be of continued assistance to the South African authorities, should they need our help,” she added.
The Missing Persons Task Team in the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) of South Africa was established following the recommendations of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). Its mandate is to continue to trace the fate and whereabouts of those who disappeared in political circumstances during the period from 1960 to 1994. While the main goal is the recovery of remains as a form of reparations to the affected families, prosecutions are also possible where sufficient evidence exists.
In 2009, the Missing Persons Task Team requested the assistance of the ICMP to assist in conducting DNA analysis on bone samples from several individuals whose skeletal remains had been exhumed.
The ICMP is an independent international organization whose mandate is to ensure the cooperation 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 them in doing so. ICMP also supports the work of other organizations in their efforts, encourages public involvement in its activities and contributes to the development of appropriate expressions of commemoration and tribute to the missing. One important component of ICMP’s work is the provision of technical assistance in locating, recovering and identifying missing persons. ICMP operates the world’s highest throughput DNA identification laboratory system dedicated to addressing missing persons cases.[:bs]
Tim za nestale osobe Državnog tužilaštva Južnoafričke Republike i Međunarodna komisija za nestale osobe (ICMP) uspješno sarađuju na rješavanju slučajeva politički motiviranih nestanaka iz perioda 1960-1994. godine.
Kao rezultat zajedničkihaktivnosti napokon su zaključenineki slučajevi koji su dugo bili neriješeni, uključujući i identifikaciju tri člana Afričkog nacionalnog kongresa (ANC) koji su nestali 1983. godine, potom člana Studentskog kongresa grada Soweto, koji je ubijen s dvojicom kolega aktivista u Sowetu 1989. godine, slučaj aktiviste iz četvrti Alexandra koji je ubijen 1986. godine i muškarca ubijenog 1982. godine za vrijeme oružanog napada u Maseruu, u Lesotu. ICMP je također uspio isključiti mogućnost da je pronađen jedan čovjek, koji je nestao u Pretoriji 1976. godine tokom studentskih protesta u cijeloj zemlji, a tokom kojih je više od 800 osoba ubijeno.
«Identifikovani posmrtni ostaci predati su porodicama tokom posebne ceremonije», izjavila je Madeleine Fullard, voditeljica Tima za nestale osobe Državnog tužilaštva. «Za porodice ovo je bilo dugo putovanje, koje je trajalo više od dvije decenije i mi smo sretni što je ICMP bio u stanju da riješi ove slučajeve. Izuzetno je važno da žrtve političkog nasilja u Africi također mogu imati koristi od identifikacije putem DNK analize, koja je postala standardna praksa u drugim dijelovima svijeta.»
«ICMP-u je drago što je bio u mogućnosti pomoći Južnoj Africi da riješi problem koji i dalje predstavlja politički i pravni problem i pomoći porodicama koje su dugo patile ne znajući sudbinu nestalih srodnika», izjavila je Kathryne Bomberger, generalna direktorica ICMP-a. «Nadamo se da ćemo i dalje moći pružati podršku južnoafričkim vlastima, ukoliko im ona bude potrebna», dodala je Bomberger.
Tim za nestale osobe Državnog tužilaštva Južnoafričke Republike osnovan je po preporuci Južnoafričke komisije za istinu i pomirenje (TRC). Njegov mandat je da i dalje provodi istrage o sudbinama osoba nestalih u političkim okolnostima u razdoblju 1960-1994. njegov glavni cilj je pronalazak posmrtnih ostataka kao oblik reparacije za porodice nestalih osoba, a u slučajevima gdje postoji dovoljno dokaza također je moguće krivično gonjenje.
Tim za nestale osobe Državnog tužilaštva Južnoafričke Republike je 2009. godine zatražio pomoć od ICMP-a u provođenju DNK-analize uzoraka kostiju nekoliko osoba čiji su skeletni ostaci prethodno ekshumirani.
ICMP je nezavisna međunarodna organizacija čiji je mandat da obezbijedi saradnju vlada i drugih organa vlasti pri lociranju i identifikovanju osoba nestalih tokom oružanih sukoba, drugih oblika neprijateljstva ili kršenja ljudskih prava, te nastoji pružiti pomoć u provođenju ovih aktivnosti. ICMP također podržava rad drugih organizacija, te podstiče javnost da se uključi u ove aktivnosti i na taj način pruži svoj doprinos odavanju počasti nestalim osobama. Bitna komponenta ICMP-evog rada je pružanje tehničke pomoći pri lociranju, ekshumiranju i identifikovanju nestalih osoba. ICMP raspolaže DNK-laboratorijskim sistemom za identifikaciju nestalih osoba sa najvećim kapacitetom na svijetu.[:ar][:es][:]
