Journal of Medical Toxicology and Clinical Forensic Medicine

HUMANITARIAN FORENSICS

The word forensic is typically associated with crimes and legal disputes but forensic science can have humanitarian role too. Humanitarian forensic is the application of the knowledge & skills of forensic medicine and science to humanitarian action, especially following conflicts or disasters. Being humanitarian means helping people who are suffering and saving lives any time any place in the world, and so humanitarian work requires being responsible, conscious of the circumstance of other people’s lives and helping them on basis of need without discrimination. priority of forensic science in the humanitarian space is the dignified management of the deceased and resolution of missing cases. The identification of individuals in a priority as families have a right to know the whereabouts and fate of their relatives. Deceased have a right to the restoration of their identity after death. This new field of application of forensic medicine and science needs further development, integration and research.

Author(s):

Shah Nirali

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