Article posted on June 9, 2010
A delegation consisting of 15 participants representing victims’ groups, parliamentarians, ministry representatives, judges and human rights activists and lawyers from Lebanon completed a week-long visit to the International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP) and to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). The purpose of this visit was to learn about ICMP’s work and the rule of law institutions in BiH involved in addressing missing persons’ rights, such as the Missing Persons Institute of BiH and the BiH Prosecutor and Court. Read More…
Article posted on April 27, 2010
The International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP) has further strengthened the capacity of the Missing Persons Institute of Bosnia-Herzegovina (MPI) as MPI and Tuzla authorities assume full responsibility today for the ongoing operations of the Podrinje Identification Project (PIP) forensic facility after a meeting with the Mayor of Tuzla, Mr. Jasmin Imamovic. Read More…
Article posted on March 26, 2010
The International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP) has made a total of 13,000 DNA-assisted identifications of persons missing from the conflicts in Bosnia-Herzegovina, by analyzing DNA profiles extracted from bone samples of exhumed mortal remains and matching them to the DNA profiles obtained from blood samples donated by relatives of the missing. Read More…
