REPORT OF THE INVENTORY OF CASES UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE CANTONAL PROSECUTOR OF TUZLA CANTON AND THE PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
RESULTS OF THE REVIEW OF CASES STORED AT THE PODRINJE IDENTIFICATION PROJECT, TUZLA (PIP) INCLUDING RESULTS FROM DNA SAMPLING AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FURTHER ACTIVITIES
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I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ...... 3 II. BACKGROUND ...... 5 III. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ...... 5 IV. ORGANIZATION ...... 6 V. PROCESS...... 6 5.1. Existing case documentation and data collection ...... 6 5.2. Anthropological examination methods ...... 7 VI. RESULTS ...... 7 VII. ORGANISATION OF FURTHER ACTIVITIES ...... 10 VIII. CONCLUSIONS ...... 11 IX. RECOMMENDATIONS ...... 12 9.1. Further work on PIP cases ...... 12 9.2. Continuation of the NN inventory ...... 12 9.3. Country-wide organisation and standards of work ...... 13 ANNEX: Cases by status category and recommendations for further work ...... 15
Forensic investigations concerning missing persons, including investigations concerning mass graves, other illicit burial sites and human remains they contain, are conducted under the authority of competent domestic institutions. This Summary Report presents findings and observations made by ICMP as part of the technical assistance it provides to these institutions. The competent institutions may contact ICMP for any additional information that ICMP may be able to provide. Parts of this Summary Report or its exhibits may have been redacted to protect the integrity of investigations and the privacy of persons.
ICMP.ST.AA.828R.1.W.doc Page 2 of 55 I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
1. In November 2012, the Missing Persons Institute of Bosnia and Herzegovina (MPI) estimated there were 3,277 cases of unidentified (NN) remains thought to relate to the conflict of the 1990s housed in 10 mortuary facilities throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH). Additionally, some 4,408 NN cases,1 consisting mostly of ossuary material, were listed by ICMP and stored in two more facilities, the Podrinje Identification Project, Tuzla (PIP) and the Krajina Identification Project, Sanski Most (KIP). Of all these cases, 2,567 had a DNA profile with no match to approximately 27,000 reference DNA profiles from family members of the missing that represent approximately 8,000 still missing persons.
2. In May 2013, following the NN Working Group (NNWG) recommendations, the Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina (POBIH) issued an order that would allow for an inventory of the mortuary facilities. The objectives of the review were to inventory human remains in storage, to determine the status of the cases, to assess whether additional post mortem sampling for DNA testing was necessary, and to recommend the next steps to the POBIH. Four smaller facilities (Mostar, Nevesinje, Goražde, and Travnik) were selected for a pilot project to determine the most effective process. The process continued at other facilities, and the order was updated on 27 May 2016, in light of the results of the pilot and on-going NN work.
3. This report describes the activities undertaken by the NNWG for cases under jurisdiction of Cantonal Prosecutor’s Office of Tuzla Canton at the Podrinje Identification Project, Tuzla (PIP). It describes procedures, summarizes results, lists case statuses, and provides recommendations for facility improvements and future standards of work. This report also provides recommendations for case resolution including additional activities required, which, if followed, will likely lead to the permenant disposal of the majority of resolved cases. The report covers all results up until the end of October 2016.
4. The review of cases at the PIP facility began on 27 September 2016, with the mortuary listing 4004 body bags and boxes holding: 667 cases of human remains, 123 bags holding human remains prepared for re-exhumation (to add body parts) in Potocari, 136 bags holding cases for ossuary, one bag holding animal bones, 70 bags holding historical remains, 15 boxes holding reserve samples. In addition there were 90 boxes with personal artefacts and evidence and 2,902 bags with clothes. There were 667 active cases (616 cases related to Srebrenica and 51 case non-related to Srebrenica) 510 of which under the jurisdiction of the Cantonal Prosecutor’s Office of Tuzla Canton, 148 cases under the jurisdiction of the POBIH. There are 778 cases requiring re-associations to buried cases under the jurisdicition of Cantonal Prosecutor’s Office of Tuzla Canton, 45 cases under the jurisdiction of POBIH, two cases under District Prosecutor’s Office of Istocno Sarajevo and seven cases under Brcko Prosecutor’s Office.
5. The cases of remains contained a total of 11,905 distinguishable sets of skeletal remains designated as ossuary, comprising of 9,044 sets of extra bones from identified cases and 2,861 sets of fragmentary bones and bones in small bags that cannot be re-associated to bodies. The ossuary material (small and fragmentary bones that cannot be re-associated to bodies) has been recovered over 20 years from secondary graves and surface sites. All ossuary cases were found to have been previously reviewed, examined and sampled between 2011 and 2016.
6. A total of 1,489 samples for DNA testing were taken from 725 cases during the previous review of the ossuary material, from which only six new DNA profiles and 896 reassociations were
1 As of 2014, the great majority of the 4,408 NN cases at PIP (3,200 cases) and KIP (33 cases) are ossuary material which cannot be linked to identified cases.
ICMP.ST.AA.828R.1.W.doc Page 3 of 55 successfully obtained.
7. All of the ossuary related cases have the potential to be closed as NN cases and put into permenant and retrievable storage (so that additional scientific analysis can take place in the future where appropriate) based on instructions given from the Cantonal Prosecutor’s Office of Tuzla Canton.
8. Current on-going examination work means that currently there are no re-associations to be completed for cases stored at PIP and that there are 832 re-associations needed to already buried and identified cases.
9. Over the years, many samples and bones used for research were returned from ICTY and are stored at PIP, as well as the unconsumed portions of DNA samples previously submitted for DNA testing and returned from ICMP laboratories. There are a total of 5,723 samples in 15 boxes, which comprise 5,215 Srebrenica related cases (13 boxes), 52 Brcko related samples and 456 samples from Croatian sites. PIP staff have returned samples to active cases where possible. They relate to Srebrenica cases as well as cases under the jurisdiction the Brcko Prosecutor and also Croatian national authorities. It is recommended the remaining samples and bones related to Srebrenica (5,215 cases) and Brcko (52 cases) are stored and returned to relevant cases in the future where possible. It is recommended samples and bones related to Croatian excavations (456 cases) are repatriated to the Croatian authorities.
10. There were 108 cases that were found to have DNA profiles, but have no match to blood reference samples, and which relate to the conflict. These are only likely to be resolved if further investigative work is undertaken to determine whether there is potential to collect more relevant blood reference samples or undertake further appropriate analysis.
11. There are eight active cases that require further investigation and 129 cases that are waiting for pending DNA results to be able to determine whether they can be resolved.
12. With further work and the agreement of families to identification, burial and disposal, 198 active cases have the potential to be resolved in the short term. A total of 11,905 ossuary cases and 5,215 Srebrenica related returned post mortem samples, cases can be placed in appropriate permanent storage. Details of the review results by case status are provided in the report Annex tables below.
13. There are 198 DNA match reports and 129 requests for resubmission of samples issued by ICMP to MPI that have not been received by PIP staff. This is delaying completion of case work. MPI has been requested to resolve this issue.
14. The organisation, management and storage conditions of cases at the PIP mortuary were reviewed. Standard procedures are in place for consistent and organised case cataloguing and documentation. Scanning and digitization of case records needs to be completed. Continuous and dedicated management of cases is required as further follow up work proceeds, and as more cases are recovered from excavations.
15. This report recommends the establishment of uniform national standards of facility organisation, examination procedures, documentation and recording and data management to ensure all cases in BIH can be effectively and efficiently managed, monitored and resolved.
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16. As an effort to resolve NN cases stored in mortuary facilities in BIH, ICMP and relevant local authorities agreed on instituting the NNWG in order to inventory the exhumed mortal remains that are still held in mortuaries. Data provided by MPI to ICMP in November 2012, stated there are 3,277 NN cases held in ten mortuary facilities in BIH, other than PIP and KIP. At these last two facilities 4,408 NN cases were listed by ICMP in 2012, consisting mostly of ossuary material which cannot be matched to any individuals. Of all of cases held nationally in 2012, in the 12 facilities, 2,567 had a DNA profile but have not been matched to the 8,000 unique DNA profiles generated from the blood reference samples provided by relatives who claim to have missing persons from the conflict.
17. An exchange of letters between the POBIH and ICMP set out the work scope and requirements for NN review work at 12 facilities nationally. During May 2013, the POBIH sent instructions for the NN review in all facilities. Work began in four facilities storing a smaller number of unidentified cases (Mostar, Nevesinje, Goražde, and Travnik) as a pilot to provide insight on how to undertake a wider review. Case review subsequently continued in the remaining mortuary facilities, with an updated order issued by the POBIH in May 2016.
18. The participants of the review process include the Prosecutors’ Offices that have official custody of the cases, relevant MPI Field Offices, local police crime technicians, legal medicine specialists who are named on prosecutor’s orders, the Republika Srpska Center for the Research of War, War Crimes and Search for Missing Persons, staff of the companies that store cases in their facilities, an ICMP anthropological team, and other relevant parties as determined by the Prosecutors’ Offices. The POBIH instructed the lower level Prosecutors’ Offices to start with preparations for the review and to collate the case data and documentation needed.
19. A strategy and process for the inventory was developed by the ICMP, drawing from the experience with cases reviewed at the PIP and KIP facilities, and anticipating a range of case issues identified that may occur across all mortuaries. Analysis of the cases held at KIP and PIP suggests there will be an under-estimate of total sets of remains held in other mortuaries due to the fact that many body bags will contain more than a single case of human remains. The majority of the cases re-examined at PIP have been found to be resolvable once their status has been determined and further investigation and examination activities are undertaken.
20. After instructions from the Prosecutor of the Cantonal Prosecutor’s Office of Tuzla Canton, the review of cases began on 27 September 2016. The MPI and PIP staff had begun preparing and checking lists of cases from 13 September 2016.
III. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES
21. The aims of the NN review of cases under the jurisdiction of the Cantonal Prosecutor’s Office of Tuzla Canton and POBIH stored at the PIP were: To review procedures for successful NN case resolution; To determine a realistic time period and resources needed to review and resolve NN cases; To review the status of each unidentified case; To make recommendations for the requirements to resolve each case; To make recommendations for the organisation and management of cases so as to enable their resolution;
ICMP.ST.AA.828R.1.W.doc Page 5 of 55 To make recommendations for a national system for organising and managing all NN remains; To assess results of case recommendations over time to look at efficiency of the review system and to monitor case resolution.
22. Objectives of the review at the facility were: To assess existing case documentation; To review anthropological examination/re-examination of stored cases; To review all case information and cross reference to determine status; To assess organisation, storage, and management of cases; To provide recommendations to assist the local authorities to resolve and close cases.
IV. ORGANIZATION
23. The records of cases under the jurisdiction of the Cantonal Prosecutor’s Office of Tuzla Canton and POBIH and stored at the PIP were utilised during the review. The MPI, pathologist, anthropologists and mortuary staff undertook a review of all cases to physically cross-check the cases were present at the facility, and review their status.
24. The review compared the cases against the case documentation and information. All cases records are held in case files. on a database and listed in spreadsheets, which were updated where necessary.
25. Active cases are normally held in one body bag. Multiple ossuary cases are stored in one body bag to save on storage space and costs.
V. PROCESS
26. The MPI and PIP staff had begun preparing and checking lists of cases from 13 September 2016, the review of cases began on 27 September 2016, and the inventory of all cases held at PIP was completed on 31 October 2016 and a report completed.
27. The ICMP anthropology team reviewed the cases and the contents of body bags and updated any records. The status of each case was recorded, together with recommendations for further work. The recommendations were reviewed and agreed by the pathologist and MPI.
5.1. Existing case documentation and data collection
28. Complete case records and documentation were available for the review, provided by the case managers.
29. All forms and associated case documentation have not been scanned and are held in paper form. The anthropological data is held on the ICMP SKIN V database. The data is due to be transferred to a new ICMP’s database platform when development is completed.
30. All cases records are ready and available for review by the Prosecutor of the Cantonal Prosecutor’s Office of Tuzla Canton, POBIH and other members of the NNWG designated by the Prosecutor’s Office.
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31. All cases have been reviewed using standard mortuary process and anthropological examination methods. Where separate sets of remains have been recognised within each case, the individual sets of remains (bones or body parts) are separately packaged within the body bags in smaller plastic bags with related DNA sample labels, which are inscribed with indelible inscriptions on metal tags.
32. The ICMP anthropologists reviewed the contents of body bags together with MPI, checking against the known case records and lists. The status of each case was updated, together with recommendations for further work. The results were reviewed by the pathologist.
33. Several categories of reporting data were tracked and documented in order to report findings for the review, such as total number of cases reviewed and total number of sets of remains, and whether cases are active or resolved.
34. The large number of ossuary cases meant an assistant osteologist needed to be employed between 2011-2013 specifically to review the remains and inventory them. Many sets of remains brought to PIP come from secondary graves and surface sites, and are single bones, fragments or groups of small bones. As a result of the identification process throughout the years, such partial skeletal material is accumulated and assigned to the category of “ossuary material” due to the inability to anthropologically associate the material to cases or individuals, because DNA sampling fails or becuase of the impracticality of DNA analysis. The material is inventoried and held in 136 body bags.
VI. RESULTS
35. The final number of reviewed body bags and boxes containing human remains was 1,100. These contain 13,463 sets of of remains, and 5,723 samples and bones returned from ICTY. In addition, there are 2,992 bags and boxes containing 2,975 cases of clothing, 1,385 cases of personal belongings (in 87 boxes) and 29 cases of evidence (in three boxes).
36. There are 129 cases pending DNA sample results, which are expected to be provided in the coming months. There are 113 requests for resubmission of samples that have been issued by ICMP, but have not yet been received from MPI by PIP staff. Some of the requests date back to 2013. Delay in receipt of these requests at the PIP is impeding completion of case work. A letter dated 9 May 2016 has been written by ICMP and the pathologist to MPI requesting clarification of the documentation status.
37. There have been 108 unique profiles, which ICMP presumes relate to the 1992-1995 conflict since they were taken from human remains that were recovered from gravesites from which missing persons from the Srebrenica events of July 1995 have been identified, that did not have a match with reference blood samples.
38. With available information and the obtained DNA results, further examination measures are being undertaken. This works consists of anthropological case re-examinations and reviews of the case records, additional investigative information assessment, as well as physical re- associations within and between cases, based on DNA results. The DNA report results utilized are from reports issued in the time prior to the NN. As of the end of October 2016:
ICMP.ST.AA.828R.1.W.doc Page 7 of 55 All re-associations between cases held in storage at PIP were completed; 832 re-associations are pending to cases already identified and buried at Potocari memorial. There are 400 case files prepared ready for re-exhumations to re-associate these cases.
39. Re-associations to buried cases will need re-exhumations. Agreement for re-exhumation is needed from families. The funds to re-exhume and undertake these re-associations are provided by the Prosecutor of the Cantonal Prosecutor’s Office of Tuzla Canton; Re-exhumed cases need to be re-examined by the pathologist and anthropologists and are likely to need DNA sampling if it is determined that there are mis-associated body parts present.
40. The cases reviewed have the following statuses indicating what further work is needed to resolve them. As of the end of October 2016 there were:
Eight cases which are identified and will be buried at the Potocari Memorial in July 2017;
70 active cases with DNA reports generated that are identified but not yet buried, with families yet to accept burial (there are 5 additional cases where families want an individual burial). PIP staff continue to work with families and authorities to gain agreement for burial where possible;
198 active cases which have been DNA matched to a missing person but where the families have not yet accepted the official identification. PIP staff continue to work with families and authorities to gain agreement for identification and burial where possible;
832 active cases identified and awaiting re-association with identified cases already buried at Potocari cemetery (see point 38 above). Orders and agreement for re- exhumations are needed together with necessary funding. This is likely to take more than one year to achieve;
51 cases were determined to be related to events from 1992-1993, rather than to Srebrenica 1995 events. Nine have been officially identified, with nine burials pending;
11,905 sets of remains in small bags are determined to be ossuary material in their entirety. These are held in 136 body bags. Resolution or long term storage/interment of these cases, potentially at the Potocari Memorial, should be based on instructions given from the Prosecutor after appropriate engagement with other stakeholders, including families, and determination of relative costs;
5,723 reserve samples are contained in 15 boxes. These samples were taken as back-up samples in case of DNA sample failure, and were not submitted for laboratory testing. These should be stored together with the ossuary cases. These 5,723 reserve samples are sub-divided into the following categories:
5,215 samples and bones in 13 boxes were returned to PIP by ICTY and ICMP ICD and relate to Srebrenica cases. These should be stored together with the ossuary cases. When re-exhumations to re-associate remains is undertaken, checks should be made to determine if any are associated with these samples and bones. It should be determined if any case material can be taken out of the ossuary material category and re-associated to these re-exhumed cases,
ICMP.ST.AA.828R.1.W.doc Page 8 of 55 52 samples and bones in one box were returned to PIP by ICTY and ICMP ICD and related to Brcko cases. These should be stored together with other Brcko cases, or at the discretion of the Brcko Prosecutor. When re-exhumations to re- associate remains is undertaken, checks should be made to determine if any are associated with these samples and bones. It should be determined if any case material can be taken out of the ossuary material category and re-associated to these re-exhumed cases, 456 samples and bones in one box were returned to PIP by ICTY and related to excavations with Croatian site codes. Croatian authorities were previously contacted about resolving repatriation of these remains in 2005 by ICMP, but this activity was not concluded. It is recommended these are repatriated to the appropriate Croatian authorities via instructions from the relevant prosecutors’ offices;
70 cases were assessed as probably not related to persons missing from the 1992-1995 conflict, that is they are determined to pre-date the 1992-1995 conflict. These should be re-buried where possible, under instruction from the prosecutor’s office;
One bag containing cases consisting of animal bones is stored at PIP. This can be disposed of under instruction from the prosecutor’s office.
41. With further work and agreement from families and authorities, 198 of the above cases can be resolved and removed from the active cases lists and storage at PIP. A total of 23,351 ossuary remains, returned bones and samples can be placed into permenant storage, potentially at the Potocari Memorial. Details of the results are provided in the tables in the Annex below and associated excel spreadsheets.
42. 2,902 bags containing 2,975 cases of clothing and 87 boxes containing 1,385 cases of personal effects (including medical prostheses) are stored at PIP. Resolution or long term storage of these cases, potentially at the Potocari Memorial, should be based on instructions given from the Prosecutor after appropriate engagement with other stakeholders, including families, after assessment of the relative costs.
43. ICMP has completed a consultation process with the leadership of the The Potocari Memorial Foundation, the responsible prosecutor’s office and families of the missing on perspectives for permananent storage of clothing, personal effectrs and ossuary materil at the Potocari Memorial. The leadership of the The Potocari Memorial Foundation has expressed an interest in storing the clothing and personal effects currently stored at the PIP. Initial consultations held in November and December 2016 with leaders of associations of families of misisng persons indicate that there is a consensus that ossuary material, unused reserve post mortem samples, clothing and personal effects should be stored permanently at the Potocari Memorial.
44. It is worth noting that the MPI spends approximately BAM 500,000 (approximately EUR 250,000) annually on the storage of cases at PIP, where the cost of storage of cases is determined per case. By closing cases and transferring cases of clothing, personal effects, and ossuary material to the Potocari Memorial for permanent storage, ICMP estimates that the cost of storing the remaining active cases at PIP would be reduced to BAM 12,000 per month, or BAM 144,000 per annum. This would significantly reduce the financial burden on MPI, which is responsible for covering this cost, and potentially make available funds that would otherwise be used for case storage for investigation and excavation of clandestine gravesites.
ICMP.ST.AA.828R.1.W.doc Page 9 of 55 45. There are three boxes holding 29 cases of evidence stored at PIP. These should be checked to determine if there are any further legal or investigative requirements for the evidence, and what appropriate steps should be taken for transfer or long term storage are needed.
46. The NN and unresolved cases consist of:
108 NN cases (95 Srebrenica related and 13 non-related to Srebrenica) that records indicate are conflict related and consist of or contain remains where DNA profiles are obtained but there is no match to reference blood samples;
Eight (8) problematic cases where further investigation is needed (for example the DNA identification does not match the physical examination characteristics, or further family information is needed);
129 with DNA results pending that will require further examination work;
144 cases with additional examinations required.
47. The unresolved cases are summarized by status and with recommendations for further work in the Annex, together with recommendations for further work and resolutions.
48. Many of the unresolved cases, and cases where families have not accepted identification or burial are partial sets of remains; that is, they are missing body parts. If further secondary mass graves are found, it is likely that additional DNA sampling, re-associations and re-exhumations will be needed. For this reason, storage of cases should allow continual access, environmental control and retrieval of cases for additional examinations.
49. All cases records were updated where necessary during the review and all cases are organized into formal storage under a standard case management system.
VII. ORGANISATION OF FURTHER ACTIVITIES
48. It is recommended that standard storage, documentation, case and facility organization processes are maintained to allow continued management of cases.
49. Details of the cases within each status category are available for the NNWG via the PIP case records. Many records (going back to 1998) require digitization. Once digitized, copies of records and the data spreadsheets can be provided to the Cantonal Prosecutor’s Office of Tuzla Canton, POBIH, MPI and other WG members. This would facilitate enhanced management of cases and greater transparency regarding numbers and categories of active cases stored at PIP. It is recommended that a formal NNWG meeting is held to discuss the recommendations in this report.
50. Any necessary re-exhumation of cases for the purposes of re-associating cases should be undertaken with the agreement of the families where possible and appropriate and under a court order, and be coordinated by the Prosecutor of the Cantonal Prosecutor’s Office of Tuzla Canton, POBIH, MPI, and the Pathologists in charge. Given the number of re-exhumations and budget required, this activity is likely to take more than one year to complete. An ICMP anthropology team should attend and assist the Pathologist during these activities.
ICMP.ST.AA.828R.1.W.doc Page 10 of 55 51. Case records should be updated when changes are made. It is recommended the Cantonal Prosecutor’s Office of Tuzla Canton oversees and regularly checks case status and progress through an updated managed on-line database system. This has also been recommended to other prosecutors.
52. Cases categorized by status are listed in the Annex, together with recommendations for further work. Case labels with DNA sample codes are listed in tables so it is clear what needs to be done to track and resolve each of case.
53. Case storage and organization at PIP should reviewed if decisions are made transfer ossuary cases to Potocari.
VIII. CONCLUSIONS
54. The NN review undertaken at PIP completed an inventory for the Prosecutor’s Office of Tuzla Canton and POBIH cases stored at the Comemorative Centre Tuzla. A total of 13,463 sets of remains, 5,723 returned reserve samples and bones in 1100 bags and boxes were inventoried during the review, as well as 2,992 bags and boxes containing 2,975 cases of clothing, 1,385 cases of personal belongings (in 87 boxes) and 29 cases of evidence (in three boxes).
55. Cases were reviewed any records updated where necessary. The status of each case was determined. Recommendations for the requirements needed to resolve each case were made.
56. At the time of this report, there are eight identified cases that can be buried at Potocari Memorial in July 2017.
57. The review indicates clear steps toward resolution for 198 active cases. Other cases may be resolved with further assessment including applying DNA results, undertaking re-associations, further case investigation and analysis. A total of 23,351 ossuary remains, returned bones and samples can be placed into permenant storage or repatriated to the appropriate authorities.
58. There are an additional 108 cases that have unmatched DNA profiles. Further case investigation and analysis are required to determine if additional blood reference samples can be collected.
59. There are 129 cases which require further activities, examination or investigative work, or have DNA pending.
60. There are no pending cases at PIP which require bone-to-bone re-associations based on DNA results.
61. Recommendations to assist with on-going identification work are provided below. It is essential that, once the review is undertaken in each mortuary facility, there is a continuation of case management, tracking, and organisation. The ability to maintain a system that continues to make identifications, close cases, and prevent complex issues arising will be highly dependent on the resources provided by state and local authorities. Dedicated case management staff, transparent database systems, and adequate facilities are the keys to achieving this.
62. If the decision is made for ossuary and clothing cases to be transferred to permanent storage, for example at the Potocari Memorial, then budgets for storage and running the facility should be reviewed and compared to current costs.
ICMP.ST.AA.828R.1.W.doc Page 11 of 55 63. The cases within the facility with known status, are ready for further work which will allow final case resolutions to be agreed by authorities.
IX. RECOMMENDATIONS
9.1. Further work on PIP cases
64. A meeting to discuss the report findings should be undertaken to determine next steps, review and implement recommendations, and confirm which cases may be closed in the short term.
65. Further efforts should be made to discuss acceptance of identification and or burial with families.
66. Re-association of cases should be undertaken at the nearest convenient time, and once any additional DNA results from samples are returned.
67. Re-exhumations to undertake re-associations and assess cases for potential mis-identification should be planned and undertaken as soon as possible, though the cost of this operation given the numbers of re-associations needed is high. This will require liaison with families and appropriate court orders. This activity may take more than one year.
68. Continuity of case management and examinations is essential. ICMP is employing three experienced anthropologists specifically to support PIP. As the NN review continues in other facilities, ICMP PIP and NN staff performs case management and examinations, until a recommended uniform standard and system including case managers and forensic personnel might be put in place by BIH authorities. The ICMP has recommended setting up of a forensic institute as well as the centralization of missing persons’ cases in fewer facilities.
9.2. Permanent Storage of Ossuary material, returned post mortem samples, clothing and personal effects
69. ICMP recommends that active cases be retained at PIP, while cases of clothing, personal effects and ossuary material be stored at the Potocari Memorial. Specifically permanent storage, for the for the following categories of cases potentially should be arranged at the Potocari Memorial:
11,905 sets of remains in small bags are determined to be ossuary material in their entirety. These are held in 136 body bags;
5,723 returned reserve samples are contained in 15 boxes;
2,902 bags containing 2,975 cases of clothing and 87 boxes containing 1,385 cases of personal effects.
70. Resolution or long term storage/interment of these cases should be based on instructions given from the Prosecutor after appropriate engagement with other stakeholders, including families, and determination of relative costs.
71. ICMP recommends that the Potocari Memorial Foundation, in cooperation with the MPI, prosecutors and pathologists, prepares a study, which will set out the requirements for the
ICMP.ST.AA.828R.1.W.doc Page 12 of 55 storage of ossuary material, reserve post mortem samples, clothing and personal effects at the Potocari Memorial. The study should include a budget for the work that will be required to make premises owned by the Potocari Memorial Foundation suitable for permanent storage. A detailed cost-benefit analysis should be conducted to assess the merits of continuing to store cases at PIP vis-à-vis transferring them to the Potocari Memorial for permanent storage.
9.3. Continuation of the NN inventory
72. The next facilities to be reviewed should be advised to gather all necessary documentation on cases prior to examination efforts. These facilities will benefit from lessons learned during the previous reviews, in particular regarding preparation and organisation.
73. A reconnaissance of each facility by the ICMP team should be made to assess specific review needs. Estimates for work completion should be determined taking into account available resources, data sources (including listed number of NN cases, total number of stored cases, and number of unique unmatched bone profiles) and experiences from previous facility reviews.
74. It is recommended that all listed cases are reviewed at each facility, not just those initially categorised as NN. Given the complexity and commingling of many cases, closing NN cases is also dependent on status and checks of identified cases, including the relevant documentation for all cases held. This also important in view of cases having been moved between facilities.
75. In order to better systematize the management and identification of unidentified exhumed human remains stored in mortuaries, it is important to establish, agree to and follow minimal standards and procedures in all facilities housing human remains. This will enable transparency and quality assurance with possibility of management, further investigation and comparison of case statuses in all those facilities on a national/state level.
9.4. Country-wide organisation and standards of work
76. A clear issue that has been identified is the lack of continuity of case management over time in some facilities, though management at PIP has been streamlined and effective for many years. It is recommended that case managers are employed nationally to cover on-going cases across all facilities. An estimated eight case managers can maintain databases, update records and control cases for all 12 mortuaries currently holding missing person’s cases, including PIP.
77. A uniform, country-wide management and standards system is required. Common standards of work, examination, management, storage, organisation and monitoring are needed for all cases and for the 12 facilities across BIH. It is recommended the practices in place at PIP are replicated elsewhere.
78. A coordinated database system is needed for all BIH cases. All cases need the same documentation, and same records entered in the database. A common database will allow quality assurance.
79. Transparent and shared monitoring of cases by the respective Prosecutors, the MPI, pathologists, ICMP and other contributors to the NNWG is needed through shared access to the database system via an on-line inquiry centre.
ICMP.ST.AA.828R.1.W.doc Page 13 of 55 80. Once initial inventories are done in all facilities, phase II and III work needs to be completed as soon as possible once DNA results are provided by the ICMP. This means that on-going work will need to be undertaken in multiple facilities at the same time. This needs staffing and funding for the NNWG. ICMP anthropologists will endeavour to support this work. If work in each facility is organized into periodic blocks, it will be easier for ICMP anthropologists, Pathologists, police and prosecutors to organize their resources.
81. It is recommended smaller temporary facilities housing missing persons and NN cases are closed and cases relocated and centralized. In the Federation, it makes logistical and practical sense to house all cases in Tuzla facilities and Visoko.
82. A shortage of relevant reference samples has been identified as a limitation to resolving many unmatched DNA samples. In April 2016, the MPI adopted a framework plan for the collection of additional reference samples from family members who closed their case years ago without the use of DNA technology. Through the collection of such reference samples it is anticipated that new DNA matches to previously unidentified cases in the mortuary facilities will result. Where such matches occur, the family will receive the correct mortal remains of their missing relative. In addition, such matches will point to the fact that the body that the family had identified without DNA and had buried, was actually misidentified. As a next step, that body will have to be re-exhumed, so that cases can be re-associated, potential misidentifications and other errors rectified. The MPI’s framework plan includes outreach activities to explain the process, potential benefits and limitations to family members.
83. The positive outcome of the NN inventory work is that a large percentage of cases have the potential to be resolved in each facility 12-24 months after review, if recommendations are followed and once all DNA results are provided. Additional cases may be subsequently resolved if agreement on disposal of ossuary cases is made, if re-exhumations can take place and if further investigations and the required additional blood reference samples are collected.
84. The ability of ICMP anthropologists to support the NN work and time estimates for completion and support is dependent on the prompt access to facilities to be reviewed as well as their assistance with examinations and analysis of additional cases coming to mortuaries from new excavations.
ICMP.ST.AA.828R.1.W.doc Page 14 of 55 ANNEX: Cases by status category and recommendations for further work
Extensive lists of some categories are provided as excel spreadsheets.
1. Cases with DNA reports generated where final identifications is needed
At the time of this report, there are 198 cases which have match reports, but families have not accepted identifications. (Table 1)
No. Municipality Case number DNA samples 1 BRATUNAC 2 BRATUNAC 3 BRATUNAC 4 BRATUNAC 5 BRATUNAC 6 BRATUNAC 7 BRATUNAC 8 BRATUNAC
9 BRATUNAC
10 BRATUNAC
11 BRATUNAC
12 BRATUNAC
13 BRATUNAC 14 BRATUNAC
15 BRATUNAC
16 BRATUNAC 17 BRATUNAC 18 BRATUNAC 19 BRATUNAC 20 ZVORNIK
21 SREBRENICA 22 SREBRENICA
ICMP.ST.AA.828R.1.W.doc Page 15 of 55 No. Municipality Case number DNA samples 23 SREBRENICA
24 ZVORNIK 25 ZVORNIK
26 ZVORNIK
(ZMAN) 27 ZVORNIK
28 ZVORNIK
29 ZVORNIK
30 ZVORNIK
31 ZVORNIK 32 ZVORNIK
33 ZVORNIK 34 ZVORNIK
35 ZVORNIK
36 ZVORNIK
37 ZVORNIK PETKOVCI 38 BRATUNAC 39 ZVORNIK 40 BRATUNAC
41 BRATUNAC SREBRENICA 42 BRATUNAC SREBRENICA 43 SREBRENICA
44 BRATUNAC 45 BRCKO 46 BRATUNAC 47 VLASENICA 48 MILIĆI 49 ZVORNIK
ICMP.ST.AA.828R.1.W.doc Page 16 of 55 No. Municipality Case number DNA samples 50 ZVORNIK
51 ZVORNIK 52 BRATUNAC 53 ZVORNIK
54 ZVORNIK
55 ZVORNIK
56 ZVORNIK
57 ZVORNIK
58 ZVORNIK
59 ZVORNIK
60 ZVORNIK
ICMP.ST.AA.828R.1.W.doc Page 17 of 55 No. Municipality Case number DNA samples 61 ZVORNIK
62 ZVORNIK
63 ZVORNIK
64 ZVORNIK
65 ZVORNIK
66 ZVORNIK
67 ZVORNIK
68 ZVORNIK
69 ZVORNIK
70 ZVORNIK
71 ZVORNIK 72 ZVORNIK
73 BRATUNAC 74 ZVORNIK
75 ZVORNIK
76 ZVORNIK
ICMP.ST.AA.828R.1.W.doc Page 18 of 55 No. Municipality Case number DNA samples 77 ZVORNIK
78 ZVORNIK
79 ZVORNIK
80 ZVORNIK 81 ZVORNIK
82 ZVORNIK 83 ZVORNIK 84 ZVORNIK 85 ZVORNIK 86 ZVORNIK 87 ZVORNIK 88 BRATUNAC
89 BRATUNAC 90 ZVORNIK 91 MILIĆI 92 ZVORNIK
93 ZVORNIK 94 ZVORNIK
95 ZVORNIK 96 ZVORNIK 97 ZVORNIK 98 ZVORNIK 99 ZVORNIK 100 BRATUNAC 101 ZVORNIK 102 ZVORNIK 103 ZVORNIK 104 ZVORNIK
105 ZVORNIK
106 ZVORNIK
ICMP.ST.AA.828R.1.W.doc Page 19 of 55 No. Municipality Case number DNA samples 107 ZVORNIK
108 ZVORNIK
109 ZVORNIK
110 ZVORNIK
111 ZVORNIK
112 ZVORNIK
113 ZVORNIK
114 ZVORNIK
115 ZVORNIK
116 ZVORNIK
117 ZVORNIK
118 ZVORNIK
119 ZVORNIK
120 ZVORNIK 121 ZVORNIK
122 ZVORNIK
ICMP.ST.AA.828R.1.W.doc Page 20 of 55 No. Municipality Case number DNA samples 123 ZVORNIK
M; LP07-692GBP-LMT1-M; DG-
124 ZVORNIK 125 ZVORNIK
126 ZVORNIK
127 ZVORNIK
128 ZVORNIK
LP04-582BP-RF2-M ; LP04-582BP-LF2-M
129 ZVORNIK
130 ZVORNIK
131 ZVORNIK
132 ZVORNIK PETKOVCI
133 ZVORNIK
134 ZVORNIK
135 ZVORNIK
136 PETKOVCI ZVORNIK
ICMP.ST.AA.828R.1.W.doc Page 21 of 55 No. Municipality Case number DNA samples 137 ZVORNIK
138 ZVORNIK
139 ZVORNIK
140 ZVORNIK
141 ZVORNIK
142 PETKOVCI ZVORNIK
143 ZVORNIK
144 SREBRENICA 145 VLASENICA 146 BRATUNAC 147 ERDUT 148 ZVORNIK
149 SREBRENICA 150 BRATUNAC 151 SREBRENICA 152 SREBRENICA 153 SREBRENICA 154 BRATUNAC 155 BRATUNAC 156 BRATUNAC
157 ZVORNIK 158 ZVORNIK 159 SREBRENICA 160 ZVORNIK 161 SREBRENICA
162 SREBRENICA
163 SREBRENICA
164 SREBRENICA
ICMP.ST.AA.828R.1.W.doc Page 22 of 55 No. Municipality Case number DNA samples 165 SREBRENICA 166 SREBRENICA 167 SREBRENICA 168 BRATUNAC 169 BRATUNAC 170 BRATUNAC 171 VLASENICA 172 VLASENICA 173 VLASENICA 174 SREBRENICA 175 SREBRENICA 176 SREBRENICA
177 SREBRENICA
178 SREBRENICA
179 SREBRENICA 180 SREBRENICA
181 SREBRENICA
182 SREBRENICA
183 SREBRENICA
184 SREBRENICA 185 SREBRENICA
186 SREBRENICA
187 SREBRENICA 188 ZVORNIK
189 ZVORNIK 190 ZVORNIK
191 ZVORNIK
ICMP.ST.AA.828R.1.W.doc Page 23 of 55 No. Municipality Case number DNA samples 192 ZVORNIK
193 ZVORNIK
194 ZVORNIK
195 ZVORNIK
196 ZVORNIK
197 ZVORNIK
198 ZVORNIK
*Contact MPI for DNA Match Report data to link the names associated with the case bone samples. Table 1: List of cases where final identification is needed
Recommendations PIP staff and local authorities should contact family members with a view to gaining agreement for final identifications to be completed.
2. Cases that are identified where agreement for burial is needed
At the time of this report, there are 65 cases (Srebrenica related identified cases) which have match reports, but families have not given permission for burial and seven cases from 1992-1993 period. (Tables 2 and 3)
No. Municipality Case number DNA samples 1 BRATUNAC
2 BRATUNAC
3 BRATUNAC
ICMP.ST.AA.828R.1.W.doc Page 24 of 55 No. Municipality Case number DNA samples 4 BRATUNAC
5 BRATUNAC 6 ZVORNIK
7 ZVORNIK ZVORNIK 8 ZVORNIK
9 ZVORNIK
10 ZVORNIK
11 ZVORNIK
12 ZVORNIK
13 ZVORNIK
14 ZVORNIK
16 ZVORNIK
17 ZVORNIK
18 ZVORNIK
19 ZVORNIK
20 BRATUNAC SREBRENICA
21 BRATUNAC
22 BRATUNAC 23 ZVORNIK 24 VLASENICA 25 ZVORNIK
ICMP.ST.AA.828R.1.W.doc Page 25 of 55 No. Municipality Case number DNA samples 26 ZVORNIK
27 ZVORNIK
28 BRATUNAC 29 ZVORNIK
30 ZVORNIK
31 ZVORNIK
32 ZVORNIK
33 ZVORNIK
34 ZVORNIK
35 ZVORNIK
36 ZVORNIK
37 ZVORNIK
38 SREBRENICA 39 ZVORNIK 40 ZVORNIK 41 ZVORNIK
42 ZVORNIK
ICMP.ST.AA.828R.1.W.doc Page 26 of 55 No. Municipality Case number DNA samples 43 ZVORNIK
44 ZVORNIK
45 ZVORNIK
46 ZVORNIK
47 ZVORNIK
48 ZVORNIK
49 ZVORNIK
50 ZVORNIK
51 ZVORNIK
52 ZVORNIK
53 ZVORNIK
54 ZVORNIK
55 BRATUNAC 56 SREBRENICA 57 SREBRENICA
58 BRATUNAC
59 BRATUNAC
60 SREBRENICA
ICMP.ST.AA.828R.1.W.doc Page 27 of 55 No. Municipality Case number DNA samples 61 SREBRENICA
62 SREBRENICA
63 SREBRENICA
64 SREBRENICA 65 SREBRENICA Table 2: List of cases where agreement for burial is needed (Srebrenica related identified cases)
No. Municipality Case number DNA samples 1 BRATUNAC 3 ZVORNIK 4 ZVORNIK
5 ZVORNIK
6 ZVORNIK 7 HAN PIJESAK Table 3: List of cases where agreement for burial is needed (1992-1993 period, identified cases)
Recommendations PIP staff and local authorities should contact family members with a view to gaining agreement for final burial to be completed.
3. Cases/skeletal elements with DNA matches with buried cases
See Cases that DNA Match with Buried Cases (ICMP.ST.AA.828R.1.annex-1.W.doc) for all cases that have DNA matches with buried cases. Contact MPI for DNA Match Report data to link the names associated with the case bone samples.
Recommendations Prosecutor’s office should order and organize re-exhumations. Family members should be contacted in order to approve re-exhumations of already identified and buried cases. After re-exhumations are performed, a systematic examination of cases and related documentation should take place with DNA sampling being employed where necessary.
Upon DNA testing, further re-associations and identifications may be possible. It is possible that DNA testing of skeletal elements buried with identified persons will lead to new DNA matches with already identified and buried cases. Anthropologists should be engaged to assist the examination work.
ICMP.ST.AA.828R.1.W.doc Page 28 of 55 4. Cases of clothing and personal effects
There were 2,902 cases which consist of clothing and 1,385 cases of personal effects. See List of Clothing (ICMP.ST.AA.828R.1.annex-2.W.doc). Contact PIP for the full list of contents.
Recommendations These cases can be stored in Potocari Memorial based on instructions given from the POBIH and Cantonal Prosecutors’ Offices and with agreement from the families, the Potocari Memorial Centre and MPI.
5. Cases of evidence
There were 29 cases of evidence. See List of Personal Effects (ICMP.ST.AA.828R.1.annex-3.W.doc). Contact PIP for the full list of contents.
Recommendations These cases should be assessed to determine if they have evidential value, and then stored appropriately based on instructions given from the POBIH and Cantonal Prosecutors’ Offices.
6. Cases determined as ossuary material
As a result of the identification process throughout the years there is an accumulation of fragmentary skeletal material which is assigned to the category of “ossuary material” due to the inability to associate the material to cases or individuals, or the inability to extract DNA. The review found 2,860 sets of bones that should now be designated as ossuary material. See List of Ossuary Cases (ICMP.ST.AA.828R.1.annex-4.W.doc). Contact PIP for the full list of cases and contents.
Recommendations Resolution or long term storage/interment of cases should be based on instructions given from the POBIH and Cantonal Prosecutors’ Offices, after appropriate engagement with other stakeholders including MPI and families. Removal of these cases to Potocari Memorial Centre has associated costs as appropriate controlled storage facilities will need to be created.
Further examinations should be performed after re-exhumations of those cases requiring re- associations and originating from the same exhumation as ossuary material. This may determine if any case material can be taken out of the ossuary material category and re- associated to the re-exhumed cases.
7. Samples and bones returned from ICTY and ICMP ICD related to Srebrenica cases
As a result of the identification process throughout the years there is an accumulation of samples returned from ICMP ICD to be re-associated to cases. Bones and samples were also returned from ICTY in 2005. The review found 5,723 samples and bones in 15 boxes that should now be stored with the ossuary material (see List of Reserve Samples (ICMP.ST.AA.828R.1.annex-5.W.doc)). Contact PIP for the full list of samples.
Recommendations Resolution or long term storage/interment of cases should be based on instructions given
ICMP.ST.AA.828R.1.W.doc Page 29 of 55 from the POBIH and Cantonal Prosecutors’ Offices, after appropriate engagement with other stakeholders including MPI and families. Removal of these cases to Potocari Memorial Centre has associated costs as appropriate controlled storage facilities will need to be created.
Further examinations should be performed after re-exhumations of those cases requiring re- associations and originating from the same exhumation as ossuary material. This may determine if any case material can be taken out of these cases and re-associated to the re- exhumed cases.
8. Samples and bones returned from ICTY and ICMP ICD related to Brcko cases
As a result of the identification process throughout the years there is an accumulation of samples returned from ICMP ICD to be re-associated to cases. Bones and samples were also returned from ICTY in 2005. The review found 52 samples and bones in one box that should now be stored with Brcko cases and ossuary material. (See List of Reserve Samples (ICMP.ST.AA.828R.1.annex-5.W.doc)). Contact PIP for the full list of samples and bones.
Recommendations Resolution or long term storage/interment of cases should be based on instructions given from the Brcko Prosecutor’s Office, after appropriate engagement with other stakeholders including MPI and families.
Further examinations should be performed after re-exhumations of those cases requiring re- associations and originating from the same exhumation as ossuary material. This may determine if any case material can be taken out of these cases and re-associated to the re- exhumed cases.
9. Samples and bones returned from ICTY and ICMP ICD related to Croatian cases
Bones and samples were also returned from ICTY in 2005. The review found 456 samples and bones in one box that should now be repatriated to Croatian authorities. (See List of Reserve Samples (ICMP.ST.AA.828R.1.annex-5.W.doc)). Contact PIP for the full list of samples and bones.
Recommendations Instructions given from the POBIH and Cantonal Prosecutors’ Offices should enable contact with the relevant Croatian authorities to allow repatriation of these remains.
10. Reserve samples retained but not submitted for DNA testing
Reserve DNA samples were taken over the years as a backup but were not submitted for laboratory testing, and were held in storage. The review found 5,215 samples in 13 boxes that should now be stored with the Srebrenica ossuary material. (See List of Reserve Samples (ICMP.ST.AA.828R.1.annex- 5.W.doc)). Contact PIP for the full list of samples.
Recommendations Instructions given from the POBIH and Cantonal Prosecutors’ Offices should enable contact with the relevant Croatian authorities to allow repatriation of these remains.
ICMP.ST.AA.828R.1.W.doc Page 30 of 55 11. Cases with unmatched profiles
Table 4 below lists all 95 cases (Srebrenica) and 13 cases (1992 – 1993 period) which have generated DNA profiles, but no match with blood reference samples.
No. Location number Case number DNA sample 1 C02/2 2 H05/3 3 G01/6
4 H10/4
5 H10/2 6 H10/3 7 C14/2
8 G04/2
9 F01/5 10 C08/2 11 H04/3
12 C02/2
13 G09/5
14 G11/2 15 G02/2 16 G02/2 17 H07/4 18 G01/3 19 G01/2 20 G01/2 21 G01/6 22 G01/6 23 G01/3 24 G04/4 25 G01/4
ICMP.ST.AA.828R.1.W.doc Page 31 of 55 No. Location number Case number DNA sample 26 H01/4 27 H01/4 28 C05/2 29 F03/4 30 F12/1
31 F12/1
32 F14/1
33 H05/3 34 H14/2 35 G10/2 36 H09/4 37 G06/2 38 F15/4
39 H14/5 40 H14/5
41 F01/4
42 F01/2
43 F02/2
44 F03/1
45 F15/4 46 C02/3 47 C04/3 48 C01/2 49 C02/3 50 C03/3 51 G10/6
52 G07/5 53 G02/6 54 F03/1 55 F03/1 56 G01/4 57 F02/2
ICMP.ST.AA.828R.1.W.doc Page 32 of 55 No. Location number Case number DNA sample 58 F03/4
59 F04/3 60 F03/4
61 F04/3
62 F03/1 63 F04/3
64 F03/4 65 F02/2
66 C06/3 67 C06/2 68 C06/3 69 C07/1 70 C07/2 71 H03/5 72 C11/1 73 H09/4 74 C10/2 75 H06/2 76 C10/2 77 H08/2
78 G01/1
79 G01/6 80 C11/1 81 C11/2
82 F08/1 83 C02/2 84 G14/5 85 G10/3 86 G04/2 87 G04/2 88 C06/2 89 C12/1 90 F12/4 91 G05/5
92 G01/3
ICMP.ST.AA.828R.1.W.doc Page 33 of 55 No. Location number Case number DNA sample 93 G01/3 94 H03/4 95 H02/5 Table4: List of cases containing unmatched profiles (Srebrenica)
No. Location number Case number DNA sample 1 C07/1 2 C06/2 3 C05/3 4 C07/4 5 G08/4
6 G08/4 7 G02/3 8 G16/3 9 G03/3 10 G03/3 11 F02/4 12 F14/1 13 F02/3 Table 5: List of cases containing unmatched profiles (1992 - 1993)
Recommendations Further collection of relevant blood reference samples from families can lead to generation of positive matches. Further investigative activities should be undertaken concerning the context of the events of disappearance and exhumation location of these cases.
12. Cases related to 1992 - 1993 events
Table 6 below lists all 51 cases which are probably related to cases 1992-1993.
No. Location number Case number 1 C07/1 2 C06/2 3 C05/3 4 C07/4 5 G07/3 6 H17/5 7 C08/3 8 H11/2 9 H06/5 10 F01/4 11 aut.sala 12 aut.sala 13 G02/4 14 G06/3 15 H02/4 16 G11/3
ICMP.ST.AA.828R.1.W.doc Page 34 of 55 No. Location number Case number 17 G01/3 18 G05/3 19 H07/3 20 G07/2 21 G09/3 22 G12/2 23 G08/4 24 G08/4 25 G08/4 26 G08/4 27 H16/3 28 G03/3 29 G08/2 30 G08/2 31 G08/2 32 Aut.sala 33 H11/2 34 Aut.sala 35 G01/1 36 G01/1 37 G01/1 38 Aut.sala 39 H03/4 40 G10/2 41 H10/3 42 G02/3 43 H16/3 44 G03/3 45 G03/3 46 F02/4 47 F14/1 48 F02/3 49 F03/4 50 aut.sala 51 aut.sala Table 6: List of non-Srebernica cases
Recommendations Further investigation of these cases should be undertaken concerning the context of the events of disappearance and exhumation location of these cases, so they can be resolved. Some cases are identified and ready for burial.
13. Active cases related to Srebrenica
No. Location number Case number 1 H05/4 2 H05/3 3 H08/4 4 C10/3
ICMP.ST.AA.828R.1.W.doc Page 35 of 55 No. Location number Case number 5 G12/5 6 G12/5 7 G10/3 8 H05/4 9 H05/4 10 H03/4 11 H03/4 12 H03/4 13 H02/6 14 H06/4 15 H06/4 16 H06/4 17 H06/4 18 H06/4 19 G01/4 20 G07/3
21 C13/3
22 C03/3
23 G07/4 24 G01/5 25 C03/2 26 C03/2 27 H09/3 28 C02/2
29 G07/4
30 H06/5 31 C12/2 32 C12/2
33 G07/3
34 C13/3 35 H03/5 36 C03/1 37 C11/3 38 C03/1 39 H01/4 40 C02/2 41 H05/3 42 H05/3
ICMP.ST.AA.828R.1.W.doc Page 36 of 55 No. Location number Case number 43 H17/3
44 H05/3 45 H05/3 46 H05/3 47 H05/3 48 H05/3 49 H05/3 50 H05/3 51 H05/3 52 H05/3 53 H05/3 54 C01/2 55 H05/2 56 H05/2 57 H05/2 58 G01/2 59 F12/4 60 G01/6
61 H05/2 62 H11/2 63 C01/1 64 H10/4
65 H10/2 66 H10/3 67 C02/1 68 G01/5 69 G14/4 70 H11/3 71 C02/1
72 G14/4 73 H13/4 74 C13/2 75 C14/3 76 C14/2 77 C14/2
ICMP.ST.AA.828R.1.W.doc Page 37 of 55 No. Location number Case number 78 H11/4
79 H17/4 80 G04/2
81 F03/3
82 C03/2 83 C03/2 3 84 H08/4 85 C01/3
86 C11/2 87 C04/2 88 F01/5 89 H08/4 90 F01/5 91 C04/2 92 C05/1 93 F03/3 94 C08/2 95 G01/1 96 C09/2 97 C03/1 98 C09/4 99 C05/3 100 H04/3
101 C09/3 102 G04/5 103 C05/3
104 C02/3 105 C03/3
106 C05/1
107 C02/2
108 C01/3
109 C05/2 110 H17/4
111 G09/3
ICMP.ST.AA.828R.1.W.doc Page 38 of 55 No. Location number Case number 112 G09/5 113 G09/5
114 G11/2
115 G05/3 116 C06/3
117 G10/2 118 H08/4 119 C07/4
120 G12/3
121 G11/2 122 G11/3 123 F06/1 124 F06/1 125 C06/3
126 G02/2 127 G01/5 128 G02/2 129 H07/4 130 G01/1 131 H09/4 132 G01/5 133 F08/1 134 H05/3
135 F04/3 136 H06/5 137 G01/5 138 H08/4 139 F06/1 140 G14/4 141 H05/2 142 H05/2 143 C08/1
144 H05/2 145 G01/3 146 G06/3
147 G01/3 148 G05/4 149 G01/6
ICMP.ST.AA.828R.1.W.doc Page 39 of 55 No. Location number Case number 150 C13/3
151 G01/5
152 G05/4
153 G01/2 154 G01/2 155 G06/5 156 G06/5 157 G06/5 158 G06/5 159 G06/5 160 C07/3
161 G06/5 162 G01/6 163 G06/5 164 G06/5 165 G06/5 166 G06/5 167 G06/5 168 G06/5 169 G06/5 170 G06/5 171 G06/5 172 G06/5 173 G06/5 174 G06/5 175 G06/5 176 G01/1 177 G07/3 178 G01/6 179 G01/3 180 G04/4 181 G06/5 182 G06/5 183 G06/5 184 G06/5 185 G06/5 186 G06/5 187 G06/5 188 G06/5 189 G06/5 190 G01/4 191 G06/5 192 G06/5 193 H11/2 194 C13/3
ICMP.ST.AA.828R.1.W.doc Page 40 of 55 No. Location number Case number 195 C14/2 196 H01/4 197 H01/4 198 H01/4 199 H01/4 200 H01/4 201 H03/4 202 G01/5 203 C05/2 204 C08/3 205 C06/1 206 C08/3 207 G14/4 208 H07/3 209 G10/2 210 F02/1 211 G01/5 212 F03/4 213 F01/1 214 H13/4 I 215 F12/1 216 F15/1 217 F12/1 218 H04/4 219 H13/4 220 H13/4 221 H13/4 222 H04/4 223 F11/2 224 H13/4 225 H13/4 226 F14/1 227 F12/1 228 F14/1 229 H09/3 230 G09/3 231 H05/3 232 H05/3 233 G12/2
234 G14/4 235 G12/2
236 G12/3
ICMP.ST.AA.828R.1.W.doc Page 41 of 55 No. Location number Case number 237 G12/2
238 H11/4
239 G14/4 240 H17/3
241 G12/2
242 H17/4
243 H17/3
244 H14/2 245 H09/4
246 C13/1
247 H11/4
248 G10/2 249 H13/4 250 H06/2
251 F01/4 252 H10/4 253 H09/4 254 G14/4 255 G14/4 256 F06/1 257 H08/4 258 G06/2 259 G10/2 260 G06/2 261 H09/3 262 G06/2
ICMP.ST.AA.828R.1.W.doc Page 42 of 55 No. Location number Case number 263 G06/2 264 G14/4 265 H16/5
266 F11/4
267 G14/4 268 F15/4 269 C10/3
270 F06/1 271 C04/2 272 H10/4
273 H14/5
274 C08/4 275 C08/4
276 H13/5
277 H17/5
278 F15/1 279 H16/5
280 H16/4
281 C03/2 282 H14/5
283 C03/2 284 C04/2 285 H15/4
286 F15/1 287 G06/4
288 H08/2
289 F15/1
ICMP.ST.AA.828R.1.W.doc Page 43 of 55 No. Location number Case number 290 C04/2 291 H14/5 292 H04/4 293 H17/5
294 C04/2 295 H16/4
296 C03/2 297 H17/5 298 H14/5
299 H01/4 300 C09/4 301 F03/1
302 C09/1
303 C09/2
304 C09/1
305 F01/4
306 F01/2
307 F01/2 308 F01/2
309 H11/4
310 F01/2
311 F02/1 312 F02/1 313 F02/2 314 F01/2
315 F04/3
316 C04/2 317 C10/2
318 F03/1
ICMP.ST.AA.828R.1.W.doc Page 44 of 55 No. Location number Case number 319 F01/2 320 F01/4 321 C03/2 322 C04/2 323 H07/3 324 H06/4 325 H06/4 326 H04/4 327 F15/4 328 H02/6 329 C04/2 330 G02/6 331 C01/3 332 C02/3 333 C04/3 334 C01/2 335 C01/2 336 C02/3 337 C03/3 338 H06/4 339 G04/3 340 G08/2 341 H01/4 342 G10/6 343 G10/6 344 G07/6 345 G06/6
346 G10/6 347 G09/6 348 G10/6
349 G10/6
350 G10/6 351 G08/6 352 G04/6 353 G07/5 354 G06/6 355 G09/6 356 G07/5 357 G08/6
358 G11/5 359 G07/5 360 G10/6 361 G05/6 362 G06/6 363 G08/6
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394 C11/3
395 F09/4
396 F07/4
397 G04/4
398 C11/1
399 G07/4
400 F03/1 401 F11/4
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404 G06/4
405 H04/3
406 F05/4
407 F09/4
408 C12/1
409 F09/4
410 G11/3
411 F04/3
412 F03/1 413 F04/1
414 F03/1 415 F05/4
416 C10/2
417 G04/5 418 G11/3
419 G07/3
420 F04/3
421 C10/2
422 G01/4 423 F09/4 424 F04/1
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426 F02/2
427 F12/4
428 F07/4
429 C05/3
430 G11/3
431 G11/3
432 F15/3
433 F07/4
434 F11/2
435 C11/3
436 G11/3 5BP-RT4-M & LP04-572BP-LF1 & LP04-
437 G04/5 438 F02/2
439 G07/4
440 F09/4
441 G04/4
442 F03/4
443 F09/4
444 F04/3 445 F15/3
ICMP.ST.AA.828R.1.W.doc Page 48 of 55 No. Location number Case number 446 F03/4
447 G09/5
448 G04/4
449 F04/1
450 G02/3
451 C13/2
452 F04/1
453 F07/4
454 F04/3
455 F03/1 456 F04/3
457 F03/4 458 H02/5
459 F04/1
460 F05/4
461 G06/4 462 F09/4
463 G04/4
464 F12/4
465 G09/5
466 F02/2
467 F05/4
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469 G11/3
470 C03/1
471 G04/4
472 C06/3 473 C06/2 474 C06/3 475 C07/1 476 C07/2 477 C11/1 478 G14/4 479 C07/2 480 H03/5 481 C11/1 482 F06/1 483 F08/1 484 F08/1 485 H05/4 486 G02/4 487 G10/3 488 G08/5 489 F02/1 490 H09/4 491 H09/4 492 C10/2 493 H06/2 494 C10/2 495 G11/3 496 G11/3 497 G02/5 498 G02/5 499 H06/5 500 H06/4 501 C03/2 502 H08/2 503 C09/4 504 C07/3 505 G09/5 506 H03/4 507 H05/4 508 H08/5 509 H05/4 510 G07/2 511 G01/1
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513 G01/6 514 G01/4 515 516 H01/4 517 C11/2 518 C12/1 519 C11/1 520 H05/4
521 H04/3 522 523 C13/2 524 H04/3
525 G01/1 526 H15/3 527 H16/4 528 C11/2
529 H16/4 530 H15/3 531 C11/2 532 F08/1 533 H06/5 534 H06/5 535 C07/3 536 G06/2 537 C02/2 538 G14/5 539 G10/3 540 G14/5 541 G04/2 542 G04/2 543 C06/2 544 H04/4 545 F06/1 546 H08/3 547 C11/1 548 G10/3
549 G07/3
550 G06/3
551 G01/2
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553 G07/3 554 G12/5 555 C12/2 556 H03/5 557 C11/2 558 C12/1 559 H02/6 560 H02/6 561 F08/1 562 C12/2 563 C09/4 564 C12/2 565 F12/4 566 F12/1 567 H01/4 568 H08/4 569 F06/1 570 F04/2 571 F04/2 572 F03/1 573 F08/4
574 G06/4
575 H09/3
576 F04/1 577 H09/4 578 H05/4 579 C13/3
580 G01/4
581 C12/3
582 G04/5 583 G05/5 584 G05/5 585 H17/2 586 F15/4 587 C12/3 588 F15/1 589 H17/2 590 G05/5 591 H10/2
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593 H11/3 594 H11/3 595 H11/3 596 G04/2 597 H11/3 598 C12/3 599 G05/4 600 G05/5
601 H11/3 602 G01/5 603 G01/3 604 G01/3 605 G01/4
606 G06/4 607 C13/2 608 F15/1 609 G01/1
610 F15/3
611 G05/4 612 G01/1 613 C04/2 614 H03/4 615 H02/5 616 H01/4 Table 7: List of Srebernica cases
Recommendations Further investigation of these cases should be undertaken concerning the context of the events of disappearance and exhumation location of these cases, so they can be resolved. Some cases are identified and ready for burial.
15. Cases of animal bones
Table 8 below lists a bag which contains accumulated animal bones.
No Comments 1 Bag with animal bones Table 8: Bag with animal bones Recommendations Animal bones collected during examinations of cases can be disposed of under agreement of
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16. Non conflict related cases
No. Location Case number 1 H10/2 2 G01/3
3 G08/4 4 H10/2 5 F13/3 6 F06/4 7 F06/4 8 F06/4 9 F06/4 10 F11/3 11 F12/3 12 F04/4 13 F14/2 14 F14/2 15 F14/2 16 F10/3 17 F11/3 18 F13/3 19 F14/2 20 F14/2 21 F14/2 22 F14/2 23 F14/2 24 F14/2 25 F10/3 26 F14/2 27 F13/3 28 F14/2 29 F04/4 30 F14/2 31 F14/2 32 F14/2 33 F13/3 34 F06/4 35 F12/3 36 F07/5 37 F07/5 38 F11/3 39 F14/2 40 F12/3 41 F14/2 42 F14/2 43 F04/4
ICMP.ST.AA.828R.1.W.doc Page 54 of 55 No. Location Case number 44 F11/3 45 F10/3 46 F14/2 47 F12/3 48 F14/2 49 F14/2 50 F14/2 51 F14/2 52 F14/2 53 F14/2 54 F14/2 55 F14/2 56 F14/2 57 F14/2 58 F14/2 59 F14/2 60 F14/2 61 F14/2 62 F12/3 63 F11/3 64 F14/2 65 F14/2 66 F04/4 67 F14/2 68 F14/2 69 F10/3 70 F11/3 Table 9: List of non-conflict related cases
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