Forensic investigations in Kosovo: experiences of the European Union Forensic Expert Team

J Rainio; K Karkola; K Lalu; H Ranta; K Takamaa; A Penttilä

doi:10.1054/jcfm.2001.0519

Forensic investigations in Kosovo: experiences of the European Union Forensic Expert Team

J Clin Forensic Med. 2001 Dec;8(4):218-21. doi: 10.1054/jcfm.2001.0519.

Authors

J Rainio¹, K Karkola, K Lalu, H Ranta, K Takamaa, A Penttilä

Affiliation

¹ Department of Forensic Medicine, University of Helsinki, Finland. juha.rainio@helsinki.fi

PMID: 16083688
DOI: 10.1054/jcfm.2001.0519

Abstract

The international community has intervened ethnic hostilities in Kosovo, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. A team of Finnish forensic experts worked in December 1998 and January 1999 in Kosovo under the mandate of the European Union. The team investigated human remains from three locations of alleged ethnic violence. Concerning the events in Klecka, Volujak and Racak, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia received documents of great gravity. The standard methods of forensic pathology were complemented with radiological, forensic odontological, physical anthropological and molecular genetic investigations.