Applying advanced technologies to develop new investigative methods
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EAAF is the Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team, a scientific nonprofit that applies forensic sciences to the investigation of disappearances and other human rights violations. EAAF works in 15-20 countries on 5 continents each year using a family-centered approach that puts the needs of those closest to the victims above all else.
WHAT
EAAF
DOES
- 1
Search for and identify remains of the disappeared in contexts of violence and humanitarian crisis.
- 2
Repatriate remains back to the victim’s families, respecting their values and beliefs.
- 3
Supply scientific evidence to courts, international tribunals, truth commissions and other transitional justice processes.
- 4
Provide forensic training to victims’ families, human rights defenders, and journalists as well as judges, prosecutors, professional investigators and security forces.
- 5
Conduct public policy advocacy to improve forensic policy at the national, regional and global levels.
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Incorporate new forensic technologies to improve the search and identification of victims of human rights violations.
Putting victims & families
at the center of every investigation.
A family-centered approach, means EAAF:
- Investigates primarily at the request of families seeking their relatives.
- Values family-supplied evidence such as victims’ medical files and families’ own DNA samples to match with remains.
- Involves families in investigations, whenever possible through roundtables with government investigators and through forensic data banks that are co-managed by EAAF, families’ committees, their legal representatives, consular officials, and prosecutors.
- Train families in key forensic strategies so they understand the process and can advocate for the most effective investigation in their own communities.
In more than 55 countries since 1984.
The path to truth.