Protecting Mass Graves to advance Truth and Justice

保护万人坑以推进真理和正义

基本信息

批准号：
AH/S00212X/1
负责人：
Melanie Klinkner
金额：
$ 23.67万
依托单位：
Bournemouth University
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Fellowship
财政年份：
2019
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2019 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FS00212X%2F1
关键词：
Protecting Mass Graves advance Truth

项目摘要

Following conflict and gross human rights violations, victims have a right to know what happened to their loved ones and a right to justice. Across the world mass graves, often containing a multitude of human remains, are sites of human loss, suffering and unimaginable acts of cruelty. There are compelling reasons for why mass graves need to be protected. They hold evidence that is important for the criminal investigations needed to bring perpetrators to justice. At the same time, the families of the dead have a need and right to know what happened to their loved ones. This requires identification and repatriation of the bodies. Despite guidelines for investigations of the missing, and legal obligations under international law, there is no coherent framework on how mass graves are legally protected and by whom. Nor is it clear what an effective investigation might entail. The consequences of not protecting and investigating mass graves are striking: survivors continue to suffer by not knowing what happened to their loved ones, which in itself constitutes inhumane and degrading treatment, and evidence to facilitate identifications and prosecutions might be lost. All too often, mass graves are disturbed and contaminated, compromising survivors' rights to truth and justice.This fellowship will address the current gap in law, policy and procedure by addressing the question of how best to protect mass graves to secure truth and justice for survivors. The fellowship does this by bringing together experts and stakeholders from the forensic sciences, criminal investigations, legal profession, NGOs, international organisations, security sector and survivor groups. Under the leadership of Dr Klinkner, and through a process of consultations and round-table discussions with these experts, mass grave protection guidelines will be developed and, once finalised, translated and disseminated to stakeholders. Involving practitioners as expert-participants in the process of creating realistic guidelines will help gather support for the guidelines and, crucially, operationalise the guidelines through the institutions they belong to, their networks and spheres of influence. Furthermore, the International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP) is a project partner to this fellowship and through its expertise in communicating with and holding events for stakeholders will help disseminate the guidelines. This will ensure that they reach the organisations and institutions that are concerned with mass graves and survivor populations across the world.Throughout the fellowship, Dr Klinkner, is supported by her institution Bournemouth University, a steering group, project partner ICMP and a research assistant. With her extensive expertise on mass graves, forensic evidence, international criminal law and transitional justice she will organise and direct the production, dissemination and validation of mass grave protection guidelines to help safeguard survivors' rights and advance justice needs.

在冲突和严重侵犯人权行为之后，受害者有权知道亲人发生了什么事和正义权。在世界范围内，通常包含众多人类遗体的大众坟墓是人类损失，苦难和难以想象的残酷行为的地方。为什么需要保护质量坟墓有令人信服的原因。他们认为，这对于将肇事者绳之以法所需的刑事调查很重要。同时，死者的家人有必要和权利知道亲人发生了什么事。这需要对身体的识别和遣返。尽管根据国际法规定的丢失和法律义务进行调查的指南，但对于大规模坟墓如何受到法律保护以及由谁而言，尚无连贯的框架。也不清楚有效的调查可能需要什么。不保护和调查群众坟墓的后果令人惊讶：幸存者不知道亲人发生了什么，这本身就是不人道和降解的待遇，以及促进识别和起诉的证据可能会丢失。大规模坟墓经常受到干扰和污染，损害幸存者对真理和正义的权利。该奖学金将通过解决如何最好地保护大众坟墓以确保幸存者的真理和正义的问题，以解决当前法律，政策和程序中的差距。奖学金通过将法医科学，刑事调查，法律界，非政府组织，国际组织，安全部门和幸存者团体的专家和利益相关者汇集在一起来实现这一目标。在Klinkner博士的领导下，通过与这些专家进行咨询和圆桌讨论的过程，将制定Mass Grave Protection指南，并在最终完成，翻译并传播给利益相关者。参与从业者作为专家参与者参与创建现实准则的过程将有助于收集对准则的支持，并在至关重要的情况下通过他们所属的机构，其网络和影响力领域来实施准则。此外，国际失踪人员委员会（ICMP）是该奖学金的项目合作伙伴，并且通过与利益相关者进行沟通和举行活动的专业知识将有助于传播准则。这将确保他们到达与大众坟墓和世界各地的幸存者人口有关的组织和机构。通过奖学金，克林克纳博士，她的机构伯恩茅斯大学，指导小组，项目合作伙伴ICMP和研究助理。凭借她在大众坟墓，法医证据，国际刑法和过渡司法方面的广泛专业知识，她将组织和指导生产，传播和验证大众坟墓保护指南，以帮助维护幸存者的权利和提高司法需求。