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ICMP

ICMP | Bosnia–Herzegovina. 2019

INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION ON MISSING PERSONS

An ICMP (International Commission on Missing Persons) anthropologist performs an examination at the mortuary in Visoko, a city 30 kilometers from Sarajevo. 

The lifeless body, no yet identified and victim of the war of the 1990s of the former Yugoslavia, was located almost completely and with several of his personal belongings in a mass grave in Bosanski Brod, Dojob region, in the current territory of the Serbian Republic of BiH.

Currently, there are still 8,000 unidentified or missing bodies in Bosnia and Herzegovina; 12,000 of the former Yugoslavia.

ICMP has obtained DNA profiles from more than 3,000 cases. Between 70-75% of the bodies found have been identified.

The war left about 40,000 dead.

Body yet to be identified, in Visoko Morgue, Sarajevo.
Body yet to be identified, in Visoko Morgue, Sarajevo.
The Anthropologist reconstructing the corpse, located almost completely.
The Anthropologist reconstructing the corpse, located almost completely.
The Anthropologist posing the bones in anatomical position.
The Anthropologist posing the bones in anatomical position.
The bones are kept in different plastic bags.
The bones are kept in different plastic bags.
The Anthropologist reconstructing the almost completely localized victim.
The Anthropologist reconstructing the almost completely localized victim.
The Anthropologist recomposing the vertebrae.
The Anthropologist recomposing the vertebrae.
The Anthropologist measuring the femur.
The Anthropologist measuring the femur.
The Anthropologist points to a form the characteristics of certain bones.
The Anthropologist points to a form the characteristics of certain bones.
Taking out of the bag, the different personal belongings of the person not yet identified.
Taking out of the bag, the different personal belongings of the person not yet identified.
The various personal belongings were found along with the remains of the victim during the exhumation. Personal items help simplify the identification process.
The various personal belongings were found along with the remains of the victim during the exhumation. Personal items help simplify the identification process.
Collecting the bones back into the different bags after the examination.
Collecting the bones back into the different bags after the examination.
Once collected, it is returned to the warehouse where the rest of the victims who have been exhumed in the common graves are located and kept.
Once collected, it is returned to the warehouse where the rest of the victims who have been exhumed in the common graves are located and kept.