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Près de Darwin, cimetière militaire argentin. Au laboratoire forensique, tous les corps sont passés aux rayons X. Ensemble, le radiologue forensique, les pathologistes, l’anthropologue et l’odontologiste cherchent des indices comme d’anciennes fractures osseuses ou des antécédents odontologiques particuliers, qui pourraient permettre d’établir une correspondance entre un corps et l’un des dossiers médicaux transmis à l’équipe du CICR par les autorités ou les familles des défunts.
Near Darwin, Argentine military cemetery. In the forensic laboratory, all the bodies are X-rayed. The forensic radiologist, together with the pathologists, anthropologist and odontologist, searched for clues, such as old fractured bones or specific dental work, that could help match the bodies to one of the medical files handed over to the ICRC team by the authorities or families of the deceased.
The 1982 war between Argentina and the United Kingdom was brief but a source of intense pain for many families.
Over 900 soldiers died on both sides, with three civilians killed. Some disappeared in the fury of the battle or were laid to rest without being identified. More than 200 Argentine soldiers – 122 of them without any names – were buried in Darwin cemetery, at the heart of the Falkland/Malvinas Islands.
In 2017, an ICRC forensic team was able to identify 90 of them, to the relief of their surviving family members.
In March 2018, more than 200 of them visited Darwin cemetery to pay their respects.
The ICRC accepted this task based on its humanitarian mandate, the needs and interests of the families, and its extensive conflict-related forensics experience. The ICRC forensic team will treated the mortal remains with the utmost respect throughout this forensic operation. Any exhumed remains were placed in new coffins and immediately reburied in the same location. At the end of the project, the cemetery has been restored to its original condition.
A temporary mortuary had been set up at the cemetery, where the remains were analysed and samples collected for DNA testing in genetic laboratories in Argentina, Spain and the United Kingdom.
CICR site web, 07.05.2018, Galerie Photo: Îles Falkland/Malouines : redonner un nom aux morts.
The 1982 war between Argentina and the United Kingdom was brief but a source of intense pain for many families.
Over 900 soldiers died on both sides, with three civilians killed. Some disappeared in the fury of the battle or were laid to rest without being identified. More than 200 Argentine soldiers – 122 of them without any names – were buried in Darwin cemetery, at the heart of the Falkland/Malvinas Islands.
In 2017, an ICRC forensic team was able to identify 90 of them, to the relief of their surviving family members.
In March 2018, more than 200 of them visited Darwin cemetery to pay their respects.
The ICRC accepted this task based on its humanitarian mandate, the needs and interests of the families, and its extensive conflict-related forensics experience. The ICRC forensic team will treated the mortal remains with the utmost respect throughout this forensic operation. Any exhumed remains were placed in new coffins and immediately reburied in the same location. At the end of the project, the cemetery has been restored to its original condition.
A temporary mortuary had been set up at the cemetery, where the remains were analysed and samples collected for DNA testing in genetic laboratories in Argentina, Spain and the United Kingdom.
ICRC website, 18.04.2018, Photo gallery : Falkland/Malvinas Islands : Giving back the dead their names.
V-P-FK-E-00063.JPG
Près de Darwin, cimetière militaire argentin. Au laboratoire forensique, tous les corps sont passés aux rayons X. Ensemble, le radiologue forensique, les pathologistes, l’anthropologue et l’odontologiste cherchent des indices comme d’anciennes fractures osseuses ou des antécédents odontologiques particuliers, qui pourraient permettre d’établir une correspondance entre un corps et l’un des dossiers médicaux transmis à l’équipe du CICR par les autorités ou les familles des défunts.
Near Darwin, Argentine military cemetery. In the forensic laboratory, all the bodies are X-rayed. The forensic radiologist, together with the pathologists, anthropologist and odontologist, searched for clues, such as old fractured bones or specific dental work, that could help match the bodies to one of the medical files handed over to the ICRC team by the authorities or families of the deceased.
The 1982 war between Argentina and the United Kingdom was brief but a source of intense pain for many families.
Over 900 soldiers died on both sides, with three civilians killed. Some disappeared in the fury of the battle or were laid to rest without being identified. More than 200 Argentine soldiers – 122 of them without any names – were buried in Darwin cemetery, at the heart of the Falkland/Malvinas Islands.
In 2017, an ICRC forensic team was able to identify 90 of them, to the relief of their surviving family members.
In March 2018, more than 200 of them visited Darwin cemetery to pay their respects.
The ICRC accepted this task based on its humanitarian mandate, the needs and interests of the families, and its extensive conflict-related forensics experience. The ICRC forensic team will treated the mortal remains with the utmost respect throughout this forensic operation. Any exhumed remains were placed in new coffins and immediately reburied in the same location. At the end of the project, the cemetery has been restored to its original condition.
A temporary mortuary had been set up at the cemetery, where the remains were analysed and samples collected for DNA testing in genetic laboratories in Argentina, Spain and the United Kingdom.
CICR site web, 07.05.2018, Galerie Photo: Îles Falkland/Malouines : redonner un nom aux morts.
The 1982 war between Argentina and the United Kingdom was brief but a source of intense pain for many families.
Over 900 soldiers died on both sides, with three civilians killed. Some disappeared in the fury of the battle or were laid to rest without being identified. More than 200 Argentine soldiers – 122 of them without any names – were buried in Darwin cemetery, at the heart of the Falkland/Malvinas Islands.
In 2017, an ICRC forensic team was able to identify 90 of them, to the relief of their surviving family members.
In March 2018, more than 200 of them visited Darwin cemetery to pay their respects.
The ICRC accepted this task based on its humanitarian mandate, the needs and interests of the families, and its extensive conflict-related forensics experience. The ICRC forensic team will treated the mortal remains with the utmost respect throughout this forensic operation. Any exhumed remains were placed in new coffins and immediately reburied in the same location. At the end of the project, the cemetery has been restored to its original condition.
A temporary mortuary had been set up at the cemetery, where the remains were analysed and samples collected for DNA testing in genetic laboratories in Argentina, Spain and the United Kingdom.
ICRC website, 18.04.2018, Photo gallery : Falkland/Malvinas Islands : Giving back the dead their names.