The Department of Forensic Medicine
Introduction
The Department of Forensic Medicine (DFM) has a dual mandate:
- To clarify the fate of missing persons:
- Assess and exhume suspected graves
- Perform autopsies of unidentified remains in order to determine cause of death whenever possible and complete identification in a professional manner, using DNA analysis whenever necessary
- Keep the families of the missing persons informed on the progress and return the identified remains to their families in a timely and respectful manner
- Keep up-to-date records and statistics on missing persons in Kosovo
- To provide a medico-legal system in Kosovo of European standards, including but not exclusively limited to the following services:
- Medical examinations of victims of sexual/physical offences
- Autopsies in cases of suspected non-natural death
- Cases of medical malpractice
- Toxicological analysis
- Histo-pathological analysis
- Medico-legal analysis of crime scenes
Contacts:
DFM Co-Head: Alan Robinson