General information

Call No.:

392-2-2:9/1

Part of series

HU OSA 392-2-2 Video Recordings of WITNESS: WITNESS Partners' Raw Footage: WITNESS interviews

Located at

DVD-ROM #9 / No. 1

Digital ver. identifier

HU OSA 392-2-2_009

Original Title

[1/2]

Date of production

2002-05-13

Date

2002

Level

Item

Primary Type

Moving image

Language

English

Duration

41 min.

Notes

Bedouin village in Negev desert [Footage: Raw; Partners: HRA Israel/WITNESS]

Content

Form/Genre

Raw material

Contents Summary

Part 1 of an interview with Mimi Doretti, Executive Director of the Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team.|Since 1984, EAAF has applied the forensic sciences, particularly forensic anthropology and forensic archeology, to the investigation of human rights violations. The work requires a multi-disciplinary approach, involving genetics, ballistics, radiology, and computer sciences. Using these tools and techniques, EAAF exhumes bodies in order to establish the cause of death and to identify skeletal remains of victims. Through its work, EAAF assists the relatives of the victims to recover the remains of their disappeared loved ones. Moreover, it contributes to the historical reconstruction of atrocities that offending governments seek to minimize, hide, or deny. EAAF's investigations produce evidence of crimes that can be used in the courts and have proven critical in the pursuit of justice. Since 1986, EAAF has been asked by local or international human rights organizations, and/or the judiciary to assist with human rights investigations in: Chile, Bolivia, Paraguay, Brazil, Venezuela, Peru, Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Panama, Honduras, Haiti, The Philippines, Romania, Croatia, Iraqi Kurdistan, Ethiopia, French Polynesia, and South Africa.

Context

Associated Names

WITNESS (Copyright holder)