Abstract
The identification of missing persons in armed conflict and with mass casualties in emergencies has its own characteristics and requires an integrated approach to increase accuracy and objectivity. The aim of the study justification of the appropriateness of an integrated approach in identifying persons missing in an armed conflict with mass casualties. In the work, archival materials of forensic medical examinations of the commemorative institution “Dnipropetrovsk Regional Bureau of Forensic Medical Examination” were used regarding those who died during the armed conflict with mass casualties in eastern Ukraine during 2014-2019. Research methods: anthropometric, morphometric, photographic, radiological, forensic methods, computer simulation method, molecular genetic, statistic. The article sets out the domestic experience of increasing the objectivity and accuracy of identifying missing persons and determining the characteristics of bodily injuries and traumatic factors through an integrated approach using anthropometric, morphometric, photographic, radiological, molecular genetics and medical and criminalistics methods and in situations of armed conflict with mass casualties. However, the presence of only a modern morgue and the latest equipment in the laboratory department of the forensic medical examination bureau is not a guarantee of a successful examination to identify the deceased. As the experience of different countries in the case of mass natural and man-made disasters shows – the key element is the correct and consistent organization of research. The experience of conducting identification studies in Ukraine of missing persons in an armed conflict with mass casualties of people indicates the appropriateness of applying an integrated approach that improves the objectivity and accuracy of the study.
Highlights
In many countries around the world, including Ukraine, the identification of the bodies of the dead remains an urgent problem due to cases of local military conflicts [24], mass catastrophes and natural disasters [25], as well as an increase in cases of unorganized migration
Given the presence in the literature of systemic nature of identification tasks and ways to solve them, regardless of the causes that led to the mass death of people [1, 29], today we have our own domestic experience in organizing work on identifying missing persons and determining the characteristics of the body injuries and traumatic factors [6, 17, 26], which includes effective approaches to odontological status [9,10,11], burnt bone remains [7, 8], Voichenko V
The aim of the study was to substantiate the feasibility of a comprehensive approach to the identification of missing persons in armed conflict and with mass casualties
Summary
In many countries around the world, including Ukraine, the identification of the bodies of the dead remains an urgent problem due to cases of local military conflicts [24], mass catastrophes and natural disasters [25], as well as an increase in cases of unorganized migration. Identification of the remains of missing persons includes complex scientific, technical, legal, ethnic and cultural issues. This is a huge layer of problems that has emerged in recent years and is increasingly spreading against the background of other pressing problems of today's society, and which all of us together professionals in various fields will have to solve more than one year, and perhaps more than a decade. This leads to an increase in the number of examinations to identify the person, as well as the need to develop new scientific and methodological approaches to solving this problem.
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