ANTH 246 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Clyde Snow, Transitional Justice, Forensic Anthropology
3 Nov 2020
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Week 7 - missing persons, mass disasters, and human rights cases: mass disasters and mass fatalities large number of deaths. Forensic science specialties needed in these situations. Human rights work falls within this context. The scene of a mass disaster/fatality, part 1. Incredibly complex compared to a traditional crime scene. Size/scale depends on kind of event and timing of response. Often deploys immediately in response to incident. Dependent upon whether the fatalities and damage involved in the event is beyond what the locality whether this be a city or a state or a country of that event can handle, both logistically and financially, on their own. The scene of a mass disaster/fatality, part 2. Prevention of individual or small-scale acts of violence from becoming mass atrocities. Protection of internationally-guaranteed rights of individuals and civilian populations. Prosecution of those who violate human rights. Began in the 1980s, and has covered crises in over 40 countries.
