REPORT OF THE INVENTORY OF CASES UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE CANTONAL PROSECUTOR OF TUZLA CANTON AND THE PROSECUTOR OF BRCKO DISTRICT
RESULTS OF EXAMINATIONS OF CASES STORED AT THE COMMEMORATIVE CENTRE IN TUZLA INCLUDING RESULTS FROM DNA SAMPLING AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FURTHER ACTIVITIES
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Table of Contents
I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ...... 3 II. BACKGROUND ...... 4 III. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ...... 5 IV. ORGANIZATION ...... 6 V. PROCESS ...... 6 5.1. Existing case documentation and data collection ...... 7 5.2. Anthropological examination methods ...... 7 5.3. Phase II activities ...... 8 VI. RESULTS 8 VII. ORGANISATION OF FURTHER ACTIVITIES ...... 11 VIII. CONCLUSIONS ...... 13 IX. RECOMMENDATIONS ...... 14 9.1. Further work on Tuzla Canton cases at the Commemorative Centre Tuzla ...... 14 9.2. Continuation of the NN inventory ...... 15 9.3. Country-wide organisation and standards of work ...... 15 ANNEX 1: CASES BY STATUS CATEGORY AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FURTHER WORK ...... 17 ANNEX 2: SUMMARY TABLE OF EXAMINATION RESULTS (PHASE I) FOR THE CASES UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE CANTONAL PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE OF TUZLA CANTON, STORED AT THE COMMEMORATIVE CENTRE IN TUZLA ...... 41 ANNEX 3: SUGGESTED PROCESS FOR NN FACILITY REVIEWS ...... 44 ANNEX 4: LIST OF CASE STATUS INDICATORS ...... 47 ANNEX 5: CASE REVIEW FORM TEMPLATE ...... 48
ICMP.ST.AA.802R.1.W.doc Page 2 of 49 I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
1. In 2012, the Missing Persons Institute (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. 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 have a DNA profile with no match to approximately 27,000 reference DNA profiles from family members of the missing that represent approximately 9,000 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 audit 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 bone 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.
3. This report describes the activities undertaken by the NNWG for the Cantonal Prosecutor’s Office of Tuzla Canton at the Commemorative Centre in Tuzla (CC Tuzla). 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 a considerable number of resolved cases. The report covers all results up until the end of April 2016.
4. At the start of the review, the mortuary listed 1,575 cases under the jurisdiction of the Cantonal Prosecutor’s Office of Tuzla Canton, held in 827 body bags. Many cases of human remains listed appeared to be duplicate entries, and 155 cases were listed as holding only clothing and artefacts. During the inventory at the CC Tuzla, body bags holding a total of 811 cases were examined and reviewed. The body bags were found to contain a total of 2,038 distinguishable sets of skeletal remains. A total of 33 cases had not apparently been sampled before.
5. A total of 648 new DNA samples were taken by the anthropologists during the review (Phases I and II activities) and 436 DNA profiles were successfully obtained; 374 have positive matches with blood reference samples, and 62 have profiles but do not match to reference blood samples. One DNA sample was taken as a reserve and has not been processed. Positive matches provided 23 new identities as a direct result of NN review.
6. There were 174 re-associations completed in Phase I based on DNA sample results obtained prior to the review, and additional 166 re-associations were completed during Phase II of the project based on new DNA results from samples taken during the review. At the time of this report, there are 35 individuals remaining who require re-associations based on the samples taken during the review.
7. Following the completion of Phases I and II of the review, a total of 153 cases were determined to be ossuary material in their entirety. Out of these cases, one case has been identified using traditional methods but it is not known whether this case has been buried. There are an additional three cases had no human remains present.
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 and need to be permanently stored or disposed under agreement.
ICMP.ST.AA.802R.1.W.doc Page 3 of 49 8. In Phase I, 111 cases were assessed as probably not related to the conflict. A total of 22 of these cases were determined to contain only skeletal material designated as ossuary, while 87 have generated DNA profiles but have no match with blood reference samples. During analyses, two cases with generated DNA profiles were re-associated in their entirety, bringing the total of probable non-conflict related cases to 109. All of the ossuary, no human remains and non- conflict related cases have the potential to be closed as NN cases based on instructions given from the Cantonal Prosecutor’s Office of Tuzla Canton.
9. There were 125 cases (not including the non-conflict related cases mentioned above) that were found to have DNA profiles, but have no match to blood reference samples, and which appear to relate to the conflict. These are only likely to be resolved if further investigative work is undertaken to determine which events they relate to, why they are unmatched; if they may link to mis-identifications, or whether there is potential to collect more relevant blood reference samples.
10. A total of 131 cases have been closed by end of April 2016 (re-associated and/or buried) during the Phase I and Phase II activities. With further work and agreement, 540 additional cases have the potential to be resolved in the short term and removed from the NN lists. Details of the results by case status are provided in the report Annex tables below.
11. The organisation, management and storage conditions of cases at the CC Tuzla mortuary were recorded. As the storage unit is part of PIP, standard procedures have been implemented for consistent and well-organised case cataloguing and documentation, as well as for avoidance of confusion and misplacement of cases. Continuous and dedicated management of cases is required as further follow up work proceeds. Any re-organization also includes those cases that are not listed as NN.
12. 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 Bosnia and Hrzegovina (BIH) can be effectively and efficiently managed, monitored and resolved. All facilities should be organised and maintained in the same way, using an appropriately staffed and funded system. Otherwise, existing conditions can negatively affect case resolution after the NN revision, and avoidable issues will continue or develop. It is recommended that the suggested changes are undertaken as soon as possible in consultation with the POBIH, NNWG and families of missing persons.
II. BACKGROUND
13. 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 cases exhumed post-war and 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 9,000 unique DNA profiles generated from the blood reference samples provided by relatives who claim to have missing persons from the conflict.
14. 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
ICMP.ST.AA.802R.1.W.doc Page 4 of 49 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 continuing in the remaining mortuary facilities.
15. 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, pathologists who are named on court orders, the Operational Team for Searching for Missing Persons of Republika Srpska, the Republic Center for Researching War Crimes and Searching 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 requested the relevant Cantonal Prosecutors’ Offices to start with preparations for the review and to collate the case data and documentation needed.
16. 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 mortuaries due to the fact that many body bags will contain more than a single case of human remains. It is also likely that cases identified as individuals may contain unrelated skeletal elements that have been mis- associated to those individuals. The majority of the cases re-examined at KIP and PIP have been found to be resolvable once their status has been determined and further investigation and examination activities are undertaken.
17. The number of reported cases at the CC Tuzla in October 2014 were 1,575 cases held in 827 body bags, contained in a list gathered by the MPI and facility staff.
III. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES
18. The aims of the NN inventory and the review of cases under the jurisdiction of the Cantonal Prosecutor’s Office of Tuzla Canton stored at the CC Tuzla were:
To implement procedures for successful NN case resolution; To determine a realistic time period and resources needed to inventory, review, and resolve NN cases; To determine 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 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.
19. Objectives of the review at the facility were: To collate and assess existing case documentation; To evaluate documents and procedures and provide recommendations to assist the local authorities to better record and monitor cases; To undertake anthropological examination/re-examination of stored cases; To review all case information and cross reference to determine status;
ICMP.ST.AA.802R.1.W.doc Page 5 of 49 To assess organisation, storage, and management of cases; To sample cases where necessary; Assess case storage, organization and management.
IV. ORGANIZATION
20. A list of NN cases under the jurisdiction of the Cantonal Prosecutor’s Office of Tuzla Canton stored at the CC Tuzla was provided for the review, and was physically cross-checked with the cases present at the facility. All cases examined were entered and listed in spreadsheets. These were used to check and communicate relevant information on bone samples and DNA results for each case with ICMP matching departments. Work space was created so that the pathologist and anthropologists could examine and document cases.
21. It was agreed that ICMP would create lists for cases of bone samples and their status prior to anthropological examinations, as this information played a significant role for drawing conclusions concerning overall case status. Direct communication between the ICMP DNA matching team and the NNWG also allowed resolution of specific issues concerning problematic cases during examinations.
22. The review compared the cases against available case documentation and information, and summarized all findings on a simple two-page form, the NN Case Review Form (see Annex 5). This is a standardized summary document for each case upon which the decision on status and recommendations can be agreed by the NNWG (including prosecutors, MPI, pathologists and ICMP). The form records excavation data, known DNA samples and results, anthropological data, related evidence and effects, and details of previous examinations.
23. Information and data on examined cases were entered into a database, so that findings could more easily managed, analysed, and updated.
24. Most body bags were counted as one case. An exception were multiple bags that had the same case label; these were merged into one body bag, after consultation and agreement with the Pathologist. Additionally, there were instances of parts of one case being found in several body bags which were then combined. Similarly, one body bag could contain several cases within which were then separated and placed into their own body bags, where appropriate.
V. PROCESS
25. The review of cases under the jurisdiction of Cantonal Prosecutor’s Office of Tuzla Canton, relating to the exhumed but still unidentified remains of missing persons that disappeared from 1992-1995, and stored in CC Tuzla Mortuary begun on 27 October 2014. Dr. Vedo Tuco, pathologist in charge of these cases, had commenced revision at an earlier date while the ICMP NN team had not been available; the unofficial meeting on the methodology and the start date of revision of respective cases by the ICMP NN team was held on 24 October 2014.
26. The inventory of all cases handed over to the NN team by CC Tuzla mortuary staff was completed on 12 October 2015. Additional reassociations and case work were undertaken between 13 October and 24 December 2015; the total number of cases examined was 811.
27. Cases were grouped and examined by the municipality of initial exhumation, as well as the Brčko
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28. The ICMP anthropology team re-examined the cases, recorded the contents of body bags, laid out the remains on tables and recorded the anthropological findings. The status of each case was recorded, together with recommendations for further work. The examined cases were left out on tables until they could be reviewed periodically by the pathologist, who agreed final findings and documentation, and so that crime technicians could document cases as necessary.
5.1. Existing case documentation and data collection
29. The only documentation related to cases provided to the NN team prior to the examination process were the autopsy reports provided by the pathologist, and reports from the exhumations in which ICMP participated.
30. The information on cases was added to the NN Case Review form. Additional anthropological data was recorded on standard forms ICMP uses for anthropological examinations: the ICMP Body Form and Commingled Bones Form.
31. The forms and all associated case documentation produced were scanned electronically to form a digital archive. All gathered data are ready and available to provide to the Prosecutor of the Cantonal Prosecutor’s Office of Tuzla Canton and other members of the NNWG designated by the Prosecutor’s Office.
5.2. Anthropological examination methods
32. Each case was reviewed using standard mortuary process and anthropological examination methods. Where separate sets of remains were recognised within each case, the individual sets of remains (bones or body parts) were separately packaged within the body bags in smaller plastic bags with related DNA sample labels, which were inscribed with indelible inscriptions on metal tags.
33. ICMP anthropology team re-examined the cases, recorded the contents of body bags, laid out the remains on tables and recorded the anthropological findings. The status of each case was recorded, together with recommendations for further work. The examined cases were reviewed periodically by the pathologist.
34. ICMP's anthropological team was not permitted to photographically document any cases or parts of cases. All photo documentation was gathered by the police following their protocols and forwarded to ICMP's team. This included imgaes of the cases laid out before and after sampling, and images of samples taken. However, recommended images of anthropologically relevant data, such as age markers, where not recorded.
35. Bone or tooth samples were taken for DNA testing from previously un-sampled cases and from sets of remains which were assessed to require sampling by the NNWG. Generally, these were sets of remains within cases which could not be associated to any other remains. All DNA sampling followed the process set out in ICMPs Standard Operating Procedure for Sampling Bone and Tooth Specimens from Human Remains for DNA Testing at the ICMP (ICMP.SOP.AA.136.1.doc). DNA samples were taken by the anthropology team, as agreed with the pathologist, who also took additional samples. The sampling was documented by the NNWG
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36. Quality control measures were implemented and followed throughout the complete process, with all anthropology examination work checked and monitored by the ICMP's team leader, and findings agreed by the pathologist.
37. The cases were photographed and recorded by designated crime technicians after DNA sampling and re-associations were undertaken.
38. The status of each case was determined, and recommendations provided describing further steps required that can lead to the final case resolution.
39. 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 DNA samples taken. The results were summarized in a letter to the Prosecutor’s Office that outlines both progress and impact of the review in the facility over time.
5.3. Phase II activities
40. With the return of DNA results and with results from Phase I review activities, subsequent work was undertaken within the scope of the agreed process (see Annex 3) in order to be able to assess and work out requirements for closing or updating the status of each individual case. This required re-examination of cases using DNA data, the case review forms, anthropological examination data, autopsy notes, and additional investigative information.
41. This work resulted in the need to undertake re-associations of cases or parts of cases, undertake separation of cases, and the exclusion of cases from further investigation. Certain cases will remain open but with recommendations for further activities. The categories of cases are discussed below.
VI. RESULTS
42. The staff of the CC Tuzla initially reported a stock of 1,575 cases held in 827 body bags under the official custody of the Cantonal Prosecutor’s Office of Tuzla Canton. Additional relevant cases were found at the facility. The final number of examined cases was 811. The body bags were found to contain:
2,038 distinguishable sets of skeletal remains; some cases contained remains of multiple individuals; 33 of the cases had not apparently been previously sampled for DNA testing.
43. There were 648 new DNA samples taken during Phases I and II activities. As a result of DNA testing on samples taken during NNWG review, 436 DNA profiles were successfully obtained; 374 have positive matches with blood reference samples, and 321 of these have matches with individuals previously named through DNA.
44. There were 62 (9.57%) samples that provided a profile but did not have a match with reference blood samples. This is due either to these remains not being related to the conflict of the 1990s,
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45. There are 211 bone samples taken from cases that failed to provide a DNA profile. These cases were re-examined by the NN team and re-sampled where possible.
46. As of the date of this report, there are six cases which will require additional (resubmission (RSB)) samples. Depending on the results of testing of these DNA samples, further work on the relevant cases may be required, which will be noted in cases records. One sample has not been processed as it is a reserve sample.
47. A total of 23 new identities were obtained and verified from DNA sampling performed during the NN review. Additionally, there were 6 new unique profiles that did not match to blood references, while the DNA results related to additional three new identities are currently under review.
48. With available information and the obtained DNA results, further examination measures are required. 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 were both from reports issued in the years prior to the NN review and reports from samples taken during the NN review. As of the end of April 2016:
1742 re-associations between cases were undertaken from the case records available during the Phase I review; 166 re-associations were undertaken as part of the Phase II NN work once DNA results were returned; DNA samples relating to 365 individuals within 245 cases require re-associations to previously DNA identified and probably buried individuals. These still need to be undertaken as part of Phase III activities. If the case records for already identified and buried persons are correct, then the families of these individuals should be notified to determine next steps which may involve requisite court orders. After re-association a total of 114 of these cases will be closed. Skeletal elements designated as ossuary material will remain in 119 of the cases. Nine of the cases will remain active as they contain skeletal elements with unmatched profiles, and additional three cases are awaiting the resubmission of DNA samples or other activities; DNA samples relating to 4 individuals within 4 cases require re-associations to previously buried NN individuals. These still need to be undertaken as part of Phase III activities. The responsible Prosecutor's Office will determine next steps which may involve requisite court orders.
49. Re-associations to buried cases will need re-exhumations. Re-exhumed cases need to be re- examined, and are likely to need DNA sampling if it is determined that there are mis-associated body parts present.
50. The cases examined were provided with case statuses indicating what further work was needed to resolve cases. As of the end of April 2016 there were:
2 This was mistakenly reported at 328 cases in the letter sent to the Prosecutor on 9 March 2016 (reference 055-WB/2016).
ICMP.ST.AA.802R.1.W.doc Page 9 of 49 45 cases with DNA reports generated on 52 individuals where final identifications should be possible, after which 32 cases will be completely closed, skeletal elements designated as ossuary material will remain in ten cases, three cases will remain active as they also contain skeletal elements with an unmatched profile, two cases require transfer to Podrinje Identification Project for re-association, and one case requires additional work;
11 individuals from eight of the above mentioned 45 cases have reportedly been formally identified between completion of review and writing of this report. It has not been confirmed whether these individuals have been returned to their families and buried, or whether they are still at the CC Tuzla;
One additional case requires re-associations to a case under the mandate of PIP and will be transferred to PIP for re-association and further processing;
76 cases that were entirely re-associated to other cases in Phases I and II and closed;
55 identified or unidentified cases were buried and closed following Phases I and II;
127 additional cases will have remaining skeletal elements designated as ossuary material after sets of remains within the cases that have DNA profiles matching to already buried cases are re-associated;
Three cases listed as containing human remains were found to have no human remains present, and can be closed based on instructions given from the Cantonal Prosecutor’s Office of Tuzla Canton;
153 cases are determined to be ossuary material in their entirety; 52 of these were designated as ossuary material after final identifications, re-associations, and/or burial of skeletal remains present in these cases during Phase I and II activities. As a result of the identification process throughout the years, fragmentary 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, or the impracticability of further DNA analysis. 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. When re-exhumations to re-associate remains is undertaken, checks should be made to determine if any are associated with the ossuary material. 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.
51. In addition to 131 already closed (re-associated and/or buried) cases, and with further work and agreement, 540 additional cases have the potential to be resolved in the short term and removed from the NN lists. Details of the results are provided in the tables in Annex 1 below.
52. The remaining examined NN cases consist of:
109 cases are probable non-conflict related (‘historic’) cases. There are no matches with blood reference samples for 87 of these cases that have DNA profiles and available records indicate a non-conflict origin. Policy should be established on mechanisms for case closure of non-conflict cases including further analysis and investigations where appropriate;
ICMP.ST.AA.802R.1.W.doc Page 10 of 49 There are 125 cases 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. 116 of these cases have profiles but no match, and nine cases will have unmatched profiles remaining once additional skeletal sets within these cases which have a generated DNA profile are re-associated or buried to related and already identified cases. One case without a match with blood reference samples requires re- associations, but the other sample cannot be found at the facility.
53. Some of these cases are complex and include sets of remains with matched profiles as well as sets of remains with unmatched profiles, and therefore have multiple statuses within one case. Some cases contain multiple sets of skeletal elements with more than one DNA profile, and may also contain ossuary material. Discussion and agreement on what further steps and work are needed to determine how to organize and resolve these cases is required including what further analysis and investigations is appropriate.
54. The cases are summarized by status and with recommendations for further work in Annex 1, together with recommendations for further work and resolutions.
55. Also discovered at CC Tuzla were 89 cases containing only clothing, 23 cases containing artefacts from various scenes of crime, 2 cases containing only black PVC bags, and one case containing a metal-framed bed. ICMP NNWG team had no authorization to review these cases as they were listed as not containing human skeletal elements, but performed a visual inspection nonetheless, to verify the absence of mortal human remains.
56. Thirteen formally identified cases were visually examined to verify they were not commingled, had morphological and anatomical consistency, and were absent of issues which might preclude the burial of these individuals. These cases were not counted or described elsewhere in this report, as they do not fall under the mandate of the NN Project.
57. One additional formally identified case was determined to have duplicate skeletal material during the visual examination. This case was reviewed as part of the NN review at this facility and is included in the analyses.
58. The discrepancies between the list of catalogued cases provided by facility staff at the start of review and cases found during review should be addressed. An accurate list of the cases of remains in the facility, together with information on current location in storage, has been provided to the facility staff upon the completion of the review to allow accountability and decisions on management of cases.
59. All cases were organized into formal storage during the review, with all details entered into a database and case records digitized and copied, so that findings can be more easily managed, analyzed, and updated.
VII. ORGANISATION OF FURTHER ACTIVITIES
60. It is recommended that standard storage, documentation, case and facility organization processes continue to be implemented to ensure effective on-going management of cases, and that any re-organization also includes those cases that are not listed as NN.
61. Details of the cases within each status category are available for the NNWG via the ICMP NN
ICMP.ST.AA.802R.1.W.doc Page 11 of 49 databases and records created during the review. Copies of records and the data spreadsheets will be provided to the Cantonal Prosecutor’s Office of Tuzla Canton, MPI and the Pathologist in charge. It is recommended that a formal NNWG meeting is held to discuss the results of the work to date and the recommendations in this report. Further work should be undertaken following a court order.
62. Any necessary re-exhumation of cases for the purposes of re-associating cases, or assessing misidentifications or other issues should be undertaken with the permission of the families and under a court order, and coordinated by the Prosecutor of the Cantonal Prosecutor’s Office of Tuzla Canton and/or Brčko District Prosecutor, MPI, and the Pathologists in charge. This can be described as Phase III activity (see Annex 1 below). It should be noted that the re-exhumed bodies may be complex cases with one body bag containing multiple individuals. It is advised that an ICMP anthropology team attend and assist the Pathologist during these activities.
63. The ICMP NN team needs to return to the facility over time to assist with completing pending re- associations, subsequent re-examinations, and further activities following re-exhumations and delivery of DNA analysis results. This should be planned as a block of several days work to make best use of the Prosecutor, Police, Pathologist and ICMP time.
64. It is recommended on-going case records and summaries of findings within Phases II and III activities should be generated to show the number of examined cases, their status, and additional samples taken. Cumulative spreadsheets or tables like those in the Annex 1 should be included in reports following the completion of these activities.
65. 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 a managed database system. Organization and arrangements for the permanent custody and disposal of original and copied documents and databases and their access and use requires discussion and agreement by the prosecutor and members of the NNWG.
66. Status categories are important for case resolution, and need to be recognized, reported, monitored and continuously updated for all cases. Updates to cases in records and databases should be consistent. Cases categorized by status are listed in Annex 1, 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.
67. It is recommended that more thorough systems are established for the purpose of case tracking, and that a channel of communication between ICMP NN Team, the Pathologist in charge, and the CC Tuzla staff is established and implemented to mutually notify all parties of future changes to case status (identifications, burials, new DNA results, re-associations, etc.).
68. It is not recommended that further work be undertaken without appropriate staff and case organization processes in place, otherwise the issues found by the NNWG during the review may be compounded.
69. Proper case storage and organization should continue to be implemented to prevent problems arising. For example, several of the body bags examined were found to be damaged, and bones were falling out. Skeletal elements in some cases were stored loose together in body bags, rather than in separate smaller bags inside the main bag. Some of the case labels written on the body bags were partially erased, lost, and inconsistencies were discovered between the list of cases provided, the labels on a body bag, and the labels found within the body bag.
ICMP.ST.AA.802R.1.W.doc Page 12 of 49 VIII. CONCLUSIONS
70. The NN review undertaken by the NNWG assisted by the ICMP anthropology team completed inventory and assessment of all cases under the jurisdiction of the Cantonal Prosecutor’s Office of Tuzla Canton stored at the CC Tuzla. A total of 811 cases were inventoried during the review between 27 October 2014 and 12 October 2015. Subsequent Phase II work was undertaken between 13 October 2015 and 24 December 2015. The initial findings of Phase I and II work were provided in a letter dated 9 March 2016. Further Phase III activities will be required to re- associate and resolve cases, as agreed by the Prosecutor and NNWG.
71. Information about NN status was not available for all cases at the facility, so by default all cases were examined, except for formally identified cases and cases marked as not containing human skeletal elements, which were only visually inspected. Information was lacking for nearly all cases. Autopsy reports for nearly all cases were provided very promptly, with the pathologist providing all documentation in his possession related to these cases, but no documentation was obtained from the Prosecutor's Office.
72. Cases were reviewed, evaluated and documented using agreed and standard procedures. Data collation and examination was followed by anthropological examination. Photography of anthropologically relevant features was limited due to the crime scene photography procedures.
73. Complex issues were identified and dealt with, such as multiple individuals and body parts observed in one body bag, single cases being stored in several different bags, body parts left behind in bags after completion of previous identifications and burials, individuals buried together with body parts that do not belong to them, the wrong bodies issued for burial, multiple individuals identified bases on a single skeletal element, and inconsistencies in previous examination records and sampling. These issues match the complexity of case histories seen during the re-examination of cases during the NN review at other facilities.
74. The status of each case was determined, as well as what examination and identification work had been previously undertaken. Recommendations for the requirements needed to resolve each case were made.
75. At the time of this report, there were 23 new identities obtained as the result of NN work. 6 new unmatched profiles were determined, while DNA results for additional 2 new identities are under review.
76. In total from all 811 cases examined, 648 new DNA samples were taken. Of the cases examined there were 33 cases that were apparently never previously sampled.
77. In addition to 131 (16.15%) already closed cases, the review indicates clear steps toward resolution for additional 540 (66.58%) of examined cases, including non-conflict related cases. Other cases may be resolved with further assessment including applying DNA results from new sampling, re-exhumations, undertaking re-associations, further case investigation and analysis, and if additional blood reference samples are collected.
78. The remaining cases appear to be conflict related and consist of additional 116 cases that have unmatched DNA profiles, as well as nine cases which will contain only unmatched skeletal sets once the sets with generated DNA profile and a match with blood reference profiles from these cases are identified and buried. Discussion is required about subsequent steps to investigate these cases.
ICMP.ST.AA.802R.1.W.doc Page 13 of 49 79. There are 14 cases which require further activities or investigative work, two NN cases which are reported as buried, but it is not known what happened to the skeletal elements designated as ossuary material which were also contained in these cases, while one identified and one unidentified buried cases need to be re-exhumed because they were buried with a body part belonging to another person and with skeletal elements designated as ossuary, respectively.
80. There are 35 individuals which require additional re-associations of DNA samples taken during the review. During the NN review, the results of these DNA samples have been under review in terms of profile or matching. In the meanwhile, they have been reviewed and are ready for re- association. These re-associations will involve 32 cases.
81. Reorganization of storage system at the facility was performed; without on-going dedicated management of the cases, and liaison between all parties to the project, the issues encountered during the review will likely be repeated.
82. Recommendations to assist with completion of Phase I of the NN review at other facilities are made below. Preparatory work in gathering all case documentation and preparing facilities for work is the key to achieving this.
83. Recommendations to assist with on-going identification work (Phases II and III) as a result of the review including uniform requirements and standards for case management are made below. It is essential that, once the review is undertaken in each 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.
84. With known status, the cases within the facility are ready for further work including analysis of new DNA results, investigation of documentation/case background, re-examinations and re- exhumations which will allow final case resolutions to be agreed by local authorities.
IX. RECOMMENDATIONS
9.1. Further work on Tuzla Canton cases at the Commemorative Centre Tuzla
85. 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 immediately.
86. Further efforts should be made to locate any additional case documentation that had been missing, including the history of cases recovered from cemeteries to determine whether cases are related to the conflict or not.
87. Further investigation from appropriate parties should be encouraged in order to pursue identification leads and recommendations for case closure generated by the NN review. Unmatched conflict related cases will require further investigation to determine why they do not match and what further steps are needed to resolve these cases.
88. Additional Phase II work should be undertaken at the nearest convenient time, and once any DNA results from samples scheduled to be taken are returned. This will require data analysis, re-
ICMP.ST.AA.802R.1.W.doc Page 14 of 49 examinations, re-associations, and re-exhumations, which will lead to new identifications and case closures.
89. Phase III work including re-exhumations to undertake re-associations and assess cases for potential mis-identifications should be planned and undertaken as soon as possible. This will require liaison with families and appropriate court orders.
90. Phases II and III work in CC Tuzla will need to be coordinated and scheduled in relation with on- going inventories at other facilities. Once Phase II and III activities are completed, it is highly likely that number of stored cases will start to drop, therefore associated costs will be lowered.
91. Continuity of case management is essential. ICMP is employing two experienced case managers specifically to support the NN review project and to deal with cases that have been reviewed, until a recommended uniform standard and system including case managers might be put in place by BIH authorities. The ICMP case managers can work together with designated staff at the CC Tuzla on managing on-going cases at the facility in the short-term, until alternative arrangements are organized.
9.2. Continuation of the NN inventory
92. 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.
93. 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.
94. 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.
95. 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.
9.3. Country-wide organisation and standards of work
96. A clear issue that has been identified is the lack of continuity of case management over time in some facilities. It is recommended that a team of case managers is 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.
97. 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
ICMP.ST.AA.802R.1.W.doc Page 15 of 49 and for the 12 facilities across BIH.
98. 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.
99. 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.
100. Once initial inventories are done, Phases 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 NN Phase I and Phase II 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.
101. 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 refrence 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 facilitites 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 benfefits and limitations to family members.
102. 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 re-exhumations can take place, further investigations and the required additional blood reference samples are collected.
103. 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.802R.1.W.doc Page 16 of 49 ANNEX 1: CASES BY STATUS CATEGORY AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FURTHER WORK
1. Probable non-conflict related (‘historic’) cases
1. Probable non-conflict related cases are considered to be those that have clear indications of being unrelated to the recent conflict 1992-1995, and therefore fall outside of the scope of the search for missing persons. Various indicators have been taken into consideration, including personal belongings and clothes, prior information about the exhumation site, as well as bone taphonomy (post-mortem damage) that can indicate the age of these skeletal elements. There are currently 109 cases that have been designated as probably non-conflict related.
No Municipality Case Label 1 Brčko SKG01BRČ007 2 Brčko SKG01BRČ006 3 Brčko SKG01BRČ002 4 Brčko SKG01BRČ005 5 Brčko SKG01BRČ001 7 Brčko SKG01BRČ004 8 Bratunac ADE02BRA007T 9 Bratunac ADE02BRA010T 10 Bratunac ADE01BRA006 general bones 11 Bratunac ADE02BRA009T 12 Bratunac ADE02BRA006T 13 Bratunac ADE02BRA008T 14 Bratunac ADE02BRA002T 16 Bratunac ADE01BRA001 17 Bratunac ADE01BRA002 19 Bratunac ADE02BRA001T 20 Bratunac ADE02BRA004T 23 Bratunac ADE01BRA003 24 Bratunac ADE01BRA008 27 Bratunac BRATUNAC "ADE" 29 Bratunac ADE02BRA005T 33 Srebrenica SRE01SRE001/002 mixane kosti 34 Milići KAS01MIL001GBP 36 Bijeljina BJ.TOM.M-17/1-05 37 Bijeljina BJ.TOM.M-28/1-05 38 Bijeljina BJ.TOM.M-40/1-05 39 Bijeljina BJ.TOM.M-56/1-05 40 Bijeljina BJ.TOM.M-60/1-05 41 Bijeljina BJ.TOM.M-51/1-05 42 Bijeljina BJ.TOM.M-63/1-05 43 Bijeljina BJ.TOM.M-13/1-05 44 Bijeljina BJ.TOM.M-12/1-05 45 Bijeljina BJ.TOM.M-24/1-05
ICMP.ST.AA.802R.1.W.doc Page 17 of 49 46 Bijeljina BJ.TOM.M-50/1-05 47 Bijeljina BJ.TOM.M-16/1-05 48 Bijeljina BJ.TOM.M-25/1-05 49 Bijeljina BJ.TOM.M-61/1-05 50 Bijeljina BJ.TOM.M-62/1-05 51 Bijeljina BJ.TOM.M-65/1-05 52 Bijeljina BJ.TOM.M-42/1-05 53 Bijeljina BJ.TOM.M-11/1-05 54 Bijeljina BJ.TOM.M-59/1-05 55 Bijeljina BJ.TOM.M-07/1-05 56 Bijeljina BJ.TOM.M-09/1-05 57 Bijeljina BJ.TOM.M-09/02-05 58 Bijeljina BJ.TOM.M-19/1-05 59 Bijeljina BJ.TOM.M-30/1-05 60 Bijeljina BJ.TOM.M-45/1-05 61 Bijeljina BJ.TOM.M-46/1-05 62 Bijeljina BJ.TOM.M-47/1-05 63 Bijeljina BJ.TOM.M-48/1-05 64 Bijeljina BJ.TOM.M-27/1-05 65 Bijeljina BJ.TOM.M-31/1-05 66 Bijeljina BJ.TOM.M-37/1-05 67 Bijeljina BJ.TOM.M-49/1-05 69 Bijeljina BJ.TOM.M-22/1-05 70 Bijeljina BJ.TOM.M-23/1-05 71 Bijeljina BJ.TOM.M-38/1-05 73 Bijeljina BJ.TOM.M-55/1-05 75 Bijeljina BJ.TOM.M-08/1-05 76 Bijeljina BJ.TOM.M-10/1-05 77 Bijeljina BJ.TOM.M-15/1-05 78 Bijeljina BJ.TOM.M-26/1-05 79 Bijeljina BJ.TOM.M-29/1-05 80 Bijeljina BJ.TOM.M-32/1-05 81 Bijeljina BJ.TOM.M-36/1-05 82 Bijeljina BJ.TOM.M-34/1-05 83 Bijeljina BJ.TOM.M-39/1-05 84 Bijeljina BJ.TOM.M-14/1-05 85 Bijeljina BJ.TOM.M-41/1-05 86 Bijeljina BJ.TOM.M-44/1-05 87 Bijeljina BJ.TOM.M-45/2-05 88 Bijeljina BJ.TOM.M-52/1-05 89 Bijeljina BJ.TOM.M-58/1-05 90 Bijeljina BJ.TOM.M-20/1-05 91 Bijeljina BJ.TOM.M-33/1-05 92 Bijeljina BJ.TOM.M-53/1-05
ICMP.ST.AA.802R.1.W.doc Page 18 of 49 93 CC Tuzla SOL01TUZ006 94 CC Tuzla SOL01TUZ003 96 CC Tuzla SOL01TUZ001 97 CC Tuzla SOL01TUZ002 99 CC Tuzla SOL01TUZ005 102 CC Tuzla SOL02TUZ01 105 CC Tuzla N.N. DOLOVI MEZARJE 106 CC Tuzla KOL01TUZ-1/1 107 CC Tuzla SOL01TUZ008 108 CC Tuzla SELJ01KAL 1/1 i 1/2 109 CC Tuzla P-1 Table 1: List of cases assessed as unrelated to the conflict 1992-1995
Recommendations Further investigation of prior background information about the exhumation sites is needed in order to reach final conclusions and case status resolutions. There is potential for further scientific inquiry (e.g. C-14 and stable isotope testing of bones), provided there is funding available, standards are agreed and permission from the Prosecutor is obtained.
2. Cases with DNA reports generated where final identifications should be possible
2. At the time of this report, the ICMP has distinguished 45 cases containing 52 skeletal sets of remains with generated DNA reports on missing persons where local authorities can finalize identification process with family members and deliver these cases for burial. Case files should be investigated prior to final identification by relevant local authorities to ascertain whether these persons have been previously identified and buried. This list is compiled based on available information. ICMP does not have all documentation needed concerning these persons. It is recommended that local authorities verify these names.
No Municipality Case Label DNA Samples Comment 1 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/052GBP Z.C.VRH-01/745 GBP (T2) Z.C.VRH-01/745 GBP (F-2) Z.C.VRH-01/052GBP (LT) Identified on 18.12.2015., Z.C.VRH-01/052GBP (LF2) burial Z.C.VRH-01-740GBP-LP unconfirmed Z.C.VRH-01-745-DFB3 Z.C.VRH-01-745GBP-LR2 2 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/734BP Z.C.VRH-01/734BP (OCC) Z.C.VRH-01/718 BP(F) Case closed after Z.C.VRH-01/734BP identification and (K.MAN) burial Z.C.VRH-01/734BP (H) 3 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/705B Z.C.VRH-01/705B-RF-RSB Case closed after identification and burial
ICMP.ST.AA.802R.1.W.doc Page 19 of 49 4 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/714BP Z.C.VRH-01/714BP (DP) Case closed after identification and burial 5 Zvornik Z.KAZ-09-005B Z.KAZ-09-005B Case closed after identification and burial 6 Zvornik KMN06ZVO001 KMN06ZVO001 (LOB) Case closed after identification and burial 7 Zvornik KMN02ZVO001 KMN02ZVO001 (LF1) Case closed after identification and burial 8 Zvornik RAV01ZVO001 RAV01ZVO001 (DT) Case closed after identification and burial, and after additional re- associations 9 Zvornik PLN01ZVO001 PLN01ZVO001 (LT2) Case closed after identification and burial 10 Zvornik CRV01ZVO001 CRV01ZVO001 (Zmax) Case closed after identification and burial 11 Zvornik ZV-SNA-2 ZV-SNA-2-LT Ossuary remaining after identification and burial 12 Zvornik Z.ŠAH-03-30BP Z.SAH-03-30 BP (LFib) Identified on 29.01.2016., burial unconfirmed 13 Zvornik Z.ŠAH-03-29BP Z.SAH-03-047BP gen.bon Identified on (LT) 29.01.2016., Z.SAH-03-29BP (LFib) burial unconfirmed 14 Zvornik GLB01ZVO001 GLB01ZVO001 (ZMAX) Case closed after identification and burial 15 Zvornik KRI01ZVO001 KRI01ZVO001 (LTMP) Case closed after KRI01ZVO001 (TMP) identification and burial 16 Zvornik GUŠ03ZVO001 GUS03ZVO001(DP) Case closed after GUS03ZVO001(LF) identification and GUS03ZVO001(Z.MAX) burial 17 Brčko GOR01BRČ020D GOR01BRC020D (LMTL) Case closed after GOR01 BRC 157 D (DMT) identification and burial 18 Vlasenica V.OGR-01/095BP V.OGR-01/095BP gen bon Case closed after general bones (LTMP) identification and burial, and after
ICMP.ST.AA.802R.1.W.doc Page 20 of 49 additional re- associations 19 Vlasenica V.BOR-1/4-general V.BOR-1/4 GEN.BONES-T1 Ossuary bones V.BOR-1/4gen.bon-LF remaining after identification and burial, and after additional re- associations 20 Vlasenica DUR07VLA001 DUR07VLA001-LT Case closed after DUR01VLA001-RH identification and burial 21 Vlasenica - ŠEK.PEL-01/001BP SEK.PEL-1/001 BP gen.bon Unmatched Šekovići gen bones (DF2) profile remaining after identification and burial, and after additional re- associations 22 Vlasenica - ŠEK.PEL-01/064BP SEK.PEL-1/064 BP (Zman3) Ossuary Šekovići remaining after identification and burial, and after additional re- associations 23 Vlasenica - ŠEK.PEL-01/064BP SEK.PEL-1/064- Ossuary Šekovići KOSTURNICA (DH2) remaining after identification and burial, and after additional re- associations 24 Vlasenica - ŠEK.PEL-01/064BP SEK.PEL-1/064 BP (DT1) Ossuary Šekovići remaining after identification and burial, and after additional re- associations 25 Vlasenica - ŠEK.PEL-01/053 Case closed after Šekovići SEK.PEL-1/048 (LF) identification and SEK.PEL-1/053 (DT) burial 26 Vlasenica - ŠEK.PEL-01/062BP SEK.PEL-1/062 BP (Zmax) Ossuary Šekovići SEK.PEL-1/062 (Zmax) remaining after identification and SEK.PEL-1/034BP (Zman) burial 27 Vlasenica - PEL01ŠEK009D PEL01SEK009D (LF) Ossuary Šekovići PEL01SEK014gen.bon remaining after (DR2) identification and PEL01SEK014 gen.bon burial (DP2) PEL01SEK014 (LR5)
ICMP.ST.AA.802R.1.W.doc Page 21 of 49 28 Vlasenica - PEL02ŠEK001D Case closed after Šekovići PEL02SEK001 (LF) identification and burial 29 Vlasenica - ŠEK.PEL-1/032BP SEK.PEL-1/055 (DP) Ossuary Šekovići SEK.PEL-1/032 BP (LF) remaining after identification and burial 30 Bratunac BR.ZAL-01/1 BR.ZAL-1/1 (F11) Unmatched profile remaining after identification and burial, and after additional re- associations 31 Bratunac B.SUH-1/1 do B.SUH-1/16-LH-RSB Unmatched B.SUH-1/18 profile remaining after identification and burial, and after additional re- associations 32 Bratunac BR-GLO-1,2,3,4,5 BR.GLO-MK-LFB1 Identified on BR.GLO-MK-RF2 09.03.2016., BR.GLO-MK-MNT2 burial BR.GLO-MK-MXT2 unconfirmed, BR.GLO-1-LP ossuary present 33 Bratunac BR-GLO-1,2,3,4,5 BR.GLO-MK-LMT BR.GLO-2-LP BR.GLO-MK-LFB2 Identified on 15.01.2016., BR.GLO-MK-RFB burial BR.GLO-MK-RF3 unconfirmed, BR.GLO-MK-RT2 ossuary present BR.GLO-MK-LH1 BR.GLO-MK-LT3 34 Bratunac BR-GLO-1,2,3,4,5 BR.GLO-MK-RF1 BR.GLO-MK-MNT3 Identified on 15.01.2016., BR.GLO-MK-MXT1 burial
BR.GLO-MK-LT1 unconfirmed, BR.GLO-4-RP ossuary present BR.GLO-5BP-LH 35 Bratunac BR-GLO-1,2,3,4,5 BR.GLO-MK-RF4 BR.GLO-MK-MNT1 Identified on 15.01.2016., BR.GLO-MK-LPT burial
BR.GLO-MK-RT1 unconfirmed, BR.GLO-MK-MXT3 ossuary present BR.GLO-MK-LT2
ICMP.ST.AA.802R.1.W.doc Page 22 of 49 36 Bratunac RBM01BRT001 RBM01BRT001(LH) Identified on 29.01.2016., burial unconfirmed, ossuary present 37 Bratunac B.VOLJ-1 B.VOLJ-1-LPT Case closed after identification and burial 38 Srebrenica S.PRO-1 S.PRO-01 (H) Case closed after identification and burial 39 Srebrenica SR.RAĐ-01 SR.RAĐ-1 Case closed after SR.RAD-01 (TMP) identification and burial 40 Srebrenica DER01SRE001 DER01SRE001-LPT Case closed after identification and burial 41 Srebrenica S.GLA-1 S.GLA-1-LPT Case closed after S.GLA-1-LT identification and S.GLA-1 burial 42 Srebrenica SR.SKE-01/2MIX & SR.SKE-(01/2) i (01/3)MIX SR.SKE-01/3MIX (LF) Identified on 09.03.2016., SR.SKE(01/2) i (01/3) MIX burial (F,RIB) unconfirmed, SR.SKE(01/2) i (01/3) MIX ossuary present (LF) 43 Milići M.ŠTE-2a M.STE-2a-RF-RSB Case closed after identification and burial 44 CC Tuzla TZ.TRN-02/5 II PLATO VRECA 5 Ossuary remaining after identification and burial 45 Kalesija STS-01KAL001 STS-01-KAL001 (ZMAX) Case closed after identification and burial 46 Osmaci HVZ-1/1 HVZ-1/1-LPT-RSB Identified on 29.01.2016., burial unconfirmed, ossuary present 47 Modriča M.KOP-2/4 M.KOP-2/4-RF Case closed after identification and burial 48 Trnovo TRN01ŠEK001 TRN01SEK001 (DH2) Case closed after identification and burial 49 Trnovo TRN01ŠEK003 TRN01SEK003 (DSCAP) Case closed after identification and burial
ICMP.ST.AA.802R.1.W.doc Page 23 of 49 50 Trnovo TRN01ŠEK004 TRN01SEK005 (LF) Identified on TRN01SEK004 (DP) 29.01.2016., burial unconfirmed 51 Trnovo TRN01ŠEK006 TRN01SEK012 (LF) Case closed after TRN01SEK006 (LH) identification and
TRN01SEK001 (DH1) burial TRN01SEK007 (DCL) 52 Trnovo TRN01ŠEK013 TRN01SEK013 (DH) Case closed after identification and burial *Contact MPI for DNA Match Report data to link the names associated with the case bone samples. Table 2: List of cases where official identifications can be performed
Recommendations Local authorities should ascertain whether persons named on these cases have been previously identified and buried. Pathologists on the court order should review the cases and case files together with the anthropologists who were working on the review. Local authorities should organize official identifications and hand over cases to family members for burial.
3. Cases/skeletal elements with DNA matches with buried cases
3. Table 3 lists all skeletal sets connecting with 365 buried individuals which DNA matches. By comparing available MPI documentation with obtained results, it was concluded that it is likely that these persons have already been identified and buried utilizing DNA identification methods. Some of the cases originate from complex sites. It is possible that re-exhumations would be needed to perform re-associations and check buried cases for possible duplication and/or mis- association of skeletal elements.
Number of distinct No Municipality Case label individuals 1 Bratunac ADŽ01BRA004D 1 2 Bratunac B.SUH-1/1 do B.SUH-1/18 2 3 Bratunac BR.BLJE-01/14 1 4 Bratunac BR.BLJE-01/146 1 5 Bratunac BR.BLJE-01/15 1 6 Bratunac BR.BLJE-01/159 1 7 Bratunac BR.BLJE-01/160 1 8 Bratunac BR.BLJE-01/17 1 9 Bratunac BR.BLJE-01/22 1 10 Bratunac BR.BLJE-01/3 2 11 Bratunac BR.BLJE-01/36 1 12 Bratunac BR.BLJE-01/6 1 13 Bratunac BR.BLJE-01/91BP general bones 1 14 Bratunac BR.BLJE-01/KOSTURNICA 1 15 Bratunac BR.ZAL-01/1 2
ICMP.ST.AA.802R.1.W.doc Page 24 of 49 16 Bratunac JEL04BRT001 1 17 Bratunac RB.01-001BP 1 18 Bratunac RB.01-014BP 1 19 Bratunac RB.01-018BP 1 20 Brčko GOR01BRČ002 GEN.BON 6 21 Brčko GOR01BRČ047D 1 22 Brčko GOR01BRČ049D 1 23 Brčko GOR01BRČ050D 1 24 Brčko GOR01BRČ058D 1 25 Brčko GOR01BRČ069D 1 26 Brčko GOR01BRČ088D 1 27 Brčko GOR01BRČ095T 1 28 Brčko GOR01BRČ124D 1 29 Brčko GOR01BRČ134 GEN.BON 9 30 Brčko GOR01BRČ151D 1 31 Brčko GOR01BRČ152D 1 32 Brčko GOR01BRČ163D 1 33 Brčko GOR01BRČ165D 1 34 Brčko GOR01BRČ170D 1 35 Brčko GOR01BRČ224T 1 36 Brčko GOR01BRČ236D 1 37 Brčko GOR01BRČ240D 1 38 Brčko GOR01BRČ261D 1 39 Brčko GOR01BRČ266D 1 40 Brčko GOR01BRČ278D 1 41 Brčko GOR01BRČ-EXTRA KOSTI 4 42 Brčko SVR01BRČ001 1 43 Brčko SVR01BRČ002 1 44 CC Tuzla CC KOSTURNICA TUZLA 2 45 CC Tuzla DOB01TUZ001 1 46 CC Tuzla TZ.TRN-1/011B 2 47 Kalesija PAN-1/7 1 48 Lopare LO.MAČ-01/1BP-05 1 49 Osmaci MAP01OSM001 1 50 Osmaci O.CAP-1/1 1 51 Sl. Brod S.BROD-63-NN 4 52 Sl. Brod S.BROD-67-NN 1 53 Sl. Brod S.BROD-93-NN 1 54 Srebrenica SKE02SRE - KOSTURNICA 1 55 Trnovo TRN01ŠEK010 1 56 Vla - Šekovići PEL01ŠEK004D 2 57 Vla - Šekovići PEL01ŠEK013D 1 58 Vla - Šekovići ŠEK.PEL-01/001BP gen bones 1 59 Vla - Šekovići ŠEK.PEL-01/026BP 1
ICMP.ST.AA.802R.1.W.doc Page 25 of 49 60 Vla - Šekovići ŠEK.PEL-01/027 2 61 Vla - Šekovići ŠEK.PEL-01/064BP 2 62 Vla - Šekovići ŠEK.PEL-01/KOSTURNICA 2 63 Vla - Šekovići ŠEK.PEL-1/017 1 64 Vlasenica MI-ZAK-1/002 general bones 3 65 Vlasenica MI-ZAK-1/017GBP 1 66 Vlasenica MI-ZAK-1/063 GBP 1 67 Vlasenica MI-ZAK-1/065BP 1 68 Vlasenica MI-ZAK-1/075GBP 1 69 Vlasenica MI-ZAK-1/095GBP 1 70 Vlasenica MI-ZAK-1/102GBP 1 71 Vlasenica MI-ZAK-1/111BP 1 72 Vlasenica MI-ZAK-1/113GBP 1 73 Vlasenica MI-ZAK-1/114GBP 1 74 Vlasenica MI-ZAK-1/124GBP 1 75 Vlasenica MI-ZAK-1/140GBP 1 76 Vlasenica TOP03VLA001 1 77 Vlasenica V.BOR-1/4-general bones 1 78 Vlasenica V.DURA-2 1 79 Vlasenica V.KLJE-1-general bones 1 80 Vlasenica V.OGR-01/018BP 1 81 Vlasenica V.OGR-01/024BP general bones 1 82 Vlasenica V.OGR-01/045BP general bones 2 83 Vlasenica V.OGR-01/061BP general bones 1 84 Vlasenica V.OGR-01/078BP general bones 4 85 Vlasenica V.OGR-01/084BP general bones 1 86 Vlasenica V.OGR-01/095BP general bones 1 87 Vlasenica V.OGR-01/096BP general clothing 1 88 Vlasenica V.OGR-01/110BP 1 89 Vlasenica V.OGR-01/117BP general bones 2 90 Vlasenica V.OGR-01/120BP 1 91 Vlasenica V.OGR-01/132BP 1 92 Vlasenica V.OGR-01/136BP 1 93 Vlasenica V.OGR-01/138BP 1 94 Vlasenica V.OGR-01/139BP 1 95 Vlasenica V.OGR-01/171BP general bones 2 96 Vlasenica V.OGR-01/184BP 2 97 Vlasenica V.OGR-01/186BP general bones 3 98 Vlasenica V.OGR-01/187BP general clothing 1 99 Vlasenica V.OGR-01/214BP 1 100 Vlasenica V.OGR-01/217BP general bones 1 101 Vlasenica V.OGR-01/223BP 1 102 Vlasenica V.OGR-01/225BP 1 103 Vlasenica V.OGR-01/269BP 1
ICMP.ST.AA.802R.1.W.doc Page 26 of 49 104 Vlasenica V.OGR-01/276BP 1 105 Vlasenica V.OGR-01/290BP general bones 6 106 Vlasenica V.OGR-01/295BP 1 107 Vlasenica V.OGR-01/302B 3 108 Vlasenica V.OGR-01/EXTRA KOSTI 2 109 Vlasenica V.OGR-01/KOSTURNICA 6 110 Vlasenica V.PEĆ-1 2 111 Vlasenica ZKL-1 1 112 Vlasenica ZKL-1 1 113 Zvornik GB ZVO2 DNK 559 1 114 Zvornik GB.ZVO br. 655 1 115 Zvornik GB.ZVORNIK gen. Bones 5 116 Zvornik GR01-072BP 1 117 Zvornik GR01-073BP 1 118 Zvornik GR01-074BP 1 119 Zvornik GR01-076BP 1 120 Zvornik KRI.NJ-19 1 121 Zvornik REP01ZVO001 1 122 Zvornik RGR-1/141 1 123 Zvornik SAH01ZVO001 1 124 Zvornik SEF-9 1 125 Zvornik ULC01ZVO003 gen.bon 2 126 Zvornik ULC01ZVO026D 1 127 Zvornik ULC01ZVO029D 1 128 Zvornik ULC01ZVO032EX 1 129 Zvornik ULC01ZVO-KOSTURNICA 1 130 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/035 BP GENERAL BONES 2 131 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/062 GBP 1 132 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/088BP 1 133 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/104GBP 1 134 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/110GBP 2 135 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/120GBP 1 136 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/134 GBP 1 137 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/159 GBP 1 138 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/173GBP 1 139 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/175GBP 1 140 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/188GBP 1 141 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/192 BP GEN. BONES 7 142 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/217GBP 3 143 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/231BP 1 144 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/262 GBP 3 145 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/267B 1 146 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/280GBP 1 147 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/282GBP 2
ICMP.ST.AA.802R.1.W.doc Page 27 of 49 148 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/285BP GENERAL BONES 1 149 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/304GBP 1 150 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/305 GBP 1 151 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/306GBP 1 152 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/319 GBP 1 153 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/321GBP 1 154 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/322BP 1 155 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/339 BP 1 156 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/361GBP 1 157 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/364GBP 1 158 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/365GBP 1 159 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/377 GBP 1 160 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/397 BP GEN. BONES 5 161 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/413GBP 1 162 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/428GBP 1 163 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/431GBP 1 164 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/432GBP 1 165 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/433B 1 166 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/437GBP 1 167 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/444GBP 1 168 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/446BP 1 169 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/472GBP 1 170 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/473 GBP 1 171 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/475GBP 1 172 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/479GBP 1 173 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/496GBP 3 174 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/500 GBP 1 175 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/509BP 5 176 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/527BP 1 177 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/532GBP 1 178 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/541BP 1 179 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/545GBP 1 180 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/562BP 1 181 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/576GBP 1 182 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/590GBP 1 183 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/591GBP 1 184 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/597GBP 1 185 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/620GBP 1 186 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/621BP GEN. BON. 10 187 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/626GBP 2 188 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/650GBP 1 189 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/651GBP 1 190 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/687B 1 191 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/700GBP 1
ICMP.ST.AA.802R.1.W.doc Page 28 of 49 192 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/708BP 1 193 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/719GBP 6 194 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/740GBP 2 195 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/742B 1 196 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/745 GBP 5 197 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/762GBP 4 198 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/769 GBP 1 199 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/780BP 1 200 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/787 GBP 1 201 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/801 GBP 2 202 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/808GBP 1 203 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/833GBP 1 204 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/835 GBP 2 205 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/837 BP GENERAL BONES 1 206 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/840 GBP 1 207 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/842 GBP 1 208 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/845BP 1 209 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/856BP 1 210 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/866BP 1 211 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/876 BP 1 212 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/919 BP GENERAL BONES 5 213 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/932GBP 1 214 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/938GBP 1 215 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/950GBP 1 216 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/951GBP 1 217 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/952GBP 2 218 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/973 GBP 1 219 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/979 GBP 1 220 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/980 GBP 1 221 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/989BP GEN BON 1 222 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/SEKTOR B GBP 6 223 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01-678GBP 1 224 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01-929GBP 1 225 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01-EXTRA KOSTI 4 226 Zvornik Z.ŠAH-01-020BP 1 227 Zvornik Z.ŠAH-01-027BP 1 228 Zvornik Z.ŠAH-01-02BP 1 229 Zvornik Z.ŠAH-01-030BP 1 230 Zvornik Z.ŠAH-01-05BP 1 231 Zvornik Z.ŠAH-01-09BP 1 232 Zvornik Z.ŠAH-01-15BP 1 233 Zvornik Z.ŠAH-01-40BP 1 234 Zvornik Z.ŠAH-01-51BP 1 235 Zvornik Z.ŠAH-01-54BP 1
ICMP.ST.AA.802R.1.W.doc Page 29 of 49 236 Zvornik Z.ŠAH-02-048BP 1 237 Zvornik Z.ŠAH-02-62BP 1 238 Zvornik Z.ŠAH-02-73BP GEN. BON 1 239 Zvornik Z.ŠAH-03-02BP 1 240 Zvornik Z.ŠAH-03-06BP 1 241 Zvornik Z.ŠAH-03-16BP 1 242 Zvornik Z.ŠAH-03-40BP 1 243 Zvornik Z.ŠAH-03-48BP 1 244 Zvornik Z.ŠAH-03-53BP 1 245 Zvornik Z.ŠAH-03-55 BP 1 246 Zvornik ZV.KOZ-03/3BP-A 1 *Contact MPI for DNA Match Report data to link the names associated with the case bone samples. **The lists of samples from these cases and the samples they match to in cases thought to be already buried will be provided to MPI and the pathologists from ICMP’s Office Tuzla. Table 3: List of cases/skeletal elements with DNA matches with buried cases
Recommendations Checks should be made by MPI to confirm whether these persons are buried, and the whereabouts of those burials. 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 NNWG to undertake the examination work.
4. Cases that have been re-associated and/or closed
4. Table 4 lists cases that have been re-associated and closed on completion of the Phase I and II activities.
No Municipality Case number Comment 1 Bratunac BR.BLJE-01/50 Complete case re-associated to another case 2 Bratunac BR.BLJE-01/175 Complete case re-associated to another case 3 Bratunac BR.BLJE-01/61 Complete case re-associated to another case 4 Bratunac BR.BLJE-01/13 Complete case re-associated to another case 5 Bratunac BR.BLJE-01/179 Complete case re-associated to another case 6 Bratunac BR.BLJE-01/60 Complete case re-associated to another case 7 Bratunac BR.BLJE-01/57 Complete case re-associated to another case 8 Bratunac ADE01BRA010 Complete case re-associated to another case (not from the period of interest) 9 Brčko GOR01BRČ157D Complete case re-associated to another case 10 Brčko GOR01BRČ080D Identified and buried 11 Brčko GOR01BRČ092D Complete case re-associated to another case
ICMP.ST.AA.802R.1.W.doc Page 30 of 49 12 Brčko GOR01BRČ186D Complete case re-associated to another case 13 Brčko GOR01BRČ096T Identified and buried 14 Brčko GOR01BRČ223D Complete case re-associated to another case 15 Brčko GOR01BRČ279D Complete case re-associated to another case 16 Brčko GOR01BRČ274D Complete case re-associated to another case 17 Brčko GOR01BRČ119D Complete case re-associated to another case 18 Brčko GOR01BRČ131D Complete case re-associated to another case 19 Brčko GOR01BRČ107D Complete case re-associated to another case 20 Brčko GOR01BRČ090D Complete case re-associated to another case 21 Brčko GOR01BRČ293D Complete case re-associated to another case 22 Brčko GOR01BRČ051D Complete case re-associated to another case 23 Brčko GOR01BRČ061D Identified and buried, ossuary material buried with the body 24 Brčko BČ.IV-01/1BP Identified and buried 25 Brčko CER01BRČ001 Complete case re-associated to another case 26 CC Tuzla TZ.TRN-03/1 Identified and buried 27 CC Tuzla P-2 Complete case re-associated to another case (not from the period of interest) 28 Sl. Brod S.BROD-73-NN Identified and buried 29 Trnovo TRN01ŠEK005 Complete case re-associated to another case 30 Trnovo TRN01ŠEK007 Complete case re-associated to another case 31 Trnovo TRN01ŠEK012 Complete case re-associated to another case 32 Vla - Šekovići ŠEK.PEL-01/051 Buried as NN 33 Vlasenica V.OGR-01/050BP Buried as NN 34 Vlasenica V.OGR-01/212BP Buried as NN 35 Vlasenica V.OGR-01/205BP Complete case re-associated to another case 36 Vlasenica V.OGR-01/237BP Complete case re-associated to another case 37 Vlasenica V.OGR-01/267BP Buried as NN 38 Vlasenica V.OGR-01/158B Identified and buried 39 Vlasenica V.BOR-1/8B Buried as NN 40 Vlasenica DOL04VLA001 Identified and buried 41 Vlasenica ZAP01VLA001 Buried as NN 42 Vlasenica RŽV01VLA001 Buried as NN 43 Vlasenica RŽV01VLA002 Buried as NN 44 Vlasenica PIS-1/1 Buried as NN 45 Vlasenica MI-ZAK-1/042BP Complete case re-associated to another case 46 Vlasenica MI-ZAK-1/142BP Complete case re-associated to another case 47 Vlasenica MI-ZAK-1/094GBP Complete case re-associated to another case 48 Vlasenica MI-ZAK-1/058GBP Complete case re-associated to another case 49 Vlasenica MI-ZAK-1/033GBP Complete case re-associated to another case 50 Vlasenica MI-ZAK-1/112GBP Complete case re-associated to another case 51 Vlasenica MI-ZAK-1/086GBP Complete case re-associated to another case 52 Vlasenica MRV-4/1 Buried as NN 53 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/738BP Identified and buried in Phase II 54 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/142B Buried as NN 55 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/739BP Complete case re-associated to another case 56 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/146BP Complete case re-associated to another case 57 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/748BP Complete case re-associated to another case 58 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/584GBP Complete case re-associated to another case
ICMP.ST.AA.802R.1.W.doc Page 31 of 49 59 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/348B Buried as NN 60 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/662GBP Complete case re-associated to another case 61 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/158 GBP Complete case re-associated to another case 62 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/763BP Complete case re-associated to another case 63 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/007 GBP Complete case re-associated to another case 64 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/044 GBP Complete case re-associated to another case 65 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/977 GBP CLOSED IN PHASE I - KOMPLETAN SLUČAJ RA 66 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/244B Buried as NN 67 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/537GBP Complete case re-associated to another case 68 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/612GBP Complete case re-associated to another case 69 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/238GBP Complete case re-associated to another case 70 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/940B Identified and buried 71 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/177BP Buried as NN, match with blood reference profiles obtained at a later date 72 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/234BP Buried as NN 73 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/822BP Complete case re-associated to another case 74 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/692BP Identified and buried 75 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/747BP Buried as NN 76 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/807B Buried as NN 77 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/809B Identified and buried, together with skeletal elements of another individual. Re-exhumation required. 78 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/648B Buried as NN 79 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/623B Identified and buried 80 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/352GBP Complete case re-associated to another case 81 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/718BP Complete case re-associated to another case 82 Zvornik Z.ŠAH01-39BP Complete case re-associated to another case 83 Zvornik Z.KAZ-6-1B Buried as NN 84 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/910GBP Complete case re-associated to another case 85 Zvornik Z.ŠAH-03-BP Buried as NN 86 Zvornik Z.ŠAH-01-24BP Complete case re-associated to another case 87 Zvornik Z.ŠAH-01-047BP Complete case re-associated to another case 88 Zvornik Z.ŠAH-01-50BP Complete case re-associated to another case 89 Zvornik Z.ŠAH-01-44BP Complete case re-associated to another case 90 Zvornik Z.ŠAH-01-036BP Complete case re-associated to another case 91 Zvornik Z.ŠAH-01-29BP Complete case re-associated to another case 92 Zvornik Z.ŠAH-01-018BP Complete case re-associated to another case 93 Zvornik Z.ŠAH-01-42BP Complete case re-associated to another case 94 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/930GBP Identified and buried 95 Zvornik Z.KAZ-09-002B Buried as NN 96 Zvornik Z.KAZ-02-013B Buried as NN 97 Zvornik Z.KAZ-01-025B Buried as NN 98 Zvornik Z.KAZ-09-028B Buried as NN 99 Zvornik Z.KAZ-01-029B Buried as NN 100 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/904B Identified and buried 101 Zvornik Z.ŠAH-01-14BP Complete case re-associated to another case 102 Zvornik Z.ŠAH-01-12BP Complete case re-associated to another case 103 Zvornik Z.ŠAH-01-45BP Complete case re-associated to another case 104 Zvornik Z.ŠAH-02-21BP Complete case re-associated to another case
ICMP.ST.AA.802R.1.W.doc Page 32 of 49 105 Zvornik Z.KAZ-05-001B Buried as NN 106 Zvornik Z.KAZ-08-016B Buried as NN 107 Zvornik Z.KAZ-01-017B Buried as NN 108 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/806GBP Buried as NN 109 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/939GBP Complete case re-associated to another case 110 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01-756B Identified and buried, requires re-exhumation for additional re-associations 111 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/752BP Buried as NN 112 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/871GBP Complete case re-associated to another case 113 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/811GBP Complete case re-associated to another case 114 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/931GBP Complete case re-associated to another case 115 Zvornik KMN03ZVO001 Buried as NN 116 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/478GBP Complete case re-associated to another case 117 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/332B Buried as NN 118 Zvornik GB.ZVO br. 650 Complete case re-associated to another case 119 Zvornik LIP09ZVO001MIX Complete case re-associated to another case 120 Zvornik LIP09ZVO002 Buried as NN 121 Zvornik LIP09ZVO002MIX Complete case re-associated to another case 122 Zvornik LIP09ZVO003 Buried as NN 123 Zvornik LIP09ZVO003MIX Complete case re-associated to another case 124 Zvornik GUŠ01ZVO001 Buried as NN, match with blood reference profiles obtained at a later date 125 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/474 B Buried as NN 126 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/789 BP Identified and buried 127 Zvornik MAH01ZVO001 Buried as NN 128 Zvornik SNA05ZVO1/1 Buried as NN 129 Zvornik SFOR 2 Complete case re-associated to another case 130 Zvornik Z.ŠAH-03-18BP Complete case re-associated to another case 131 Zvornik Z.ŠAH-03-03BP Complete case re-associated to another case Table 4: List of cases/skeletal elements that have no remaining inventory, and should therefore be closed
Recommendations These cases are no longer active as they no longer have any inventory, and can be removed from lists of active NN cases based on instructions given from the POBIH and the Cantonal Prosecutor.
5. Cases where human remains are not present
5. There were three cases which did not contain any human skeletal remains.
No Municipality Case number Comment 1 Zvornik Z.KAZ 04-007-General bones Clothing only 2 Zvornik Z.KAZ 05-008 B Clothing only 3 Kladanj KARTONSKA KUTIJA POLICIJA KLADANJ Clothing only Table 5: List of cases without human skeletal elements
ICMP.ST.AA.802R.1.W.doc Page 33 of 49 Recommendations These cases can be closed based on instructions given from the POBIH and Cantonal Prosecutors’ Offices.
6. Cases determined as ossuary material
6. 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 153 complete cases that should now be designated as ossuary material.
No Municipality Case number 1 Bijeljina BJ.LIP.-03/1-05 2 Bijeljina BUK04BIJ001 3 Bijeljina DPO01BIJ001 4 Bratunac BR.BLJE-01/5 5 Bratunac BR.BLJE-01/185(LOB1) 6 Bratunac BR.BLJE-01/264 7 Bratunac BR.BLJE-01/293 8 Bratunac ADŽ01BRA013D 9 Bratunac B.GLO-1/1 10 Bratunac RB.01-003BP 11 Bratunac RB.01-013BP 12 Bratunac BR.VOLJ-05 13 Bratunac ADŽ02BRA01 14 Brčko GOR01BRČ273D 15 Brčko GOR01BRČ110T 16 Brčko GOR01BRČ289D 17 Brčko GOR01BRČ070D 18 Brčko GOR01BRČ221D 19 Brčko BČ.RAH-1/1 20 Brčko BČ-M-03/1BP 21 CC Tuzla TZ.TRN-4/04B 22 CC Tuzla JAR01LUK002 23 Kalesija PAN-EXTRA KOSTI 24 Milići ROV01MIL01 25 Milići POM02MIL002T 26 Modriča M.KOP-1/3 27 Modriča M.KOP-2/9 28 Osmaci K.O.MAH-1 29 Ostalo - ?? RASUTE KOSTI 30 Ostalo - ?? RASUTE KOSTI - 14.11.2011. 31 Sl. Brod S.BROD-kosti iz kosturnice 32 Srebrenica LIP01SRE001 33 Srebrenica SKE02SRE016 MIX 34 Trnovo TRN01ŠEK002 35 Trnovo TRN01ŠEK008 36 Vla - Šekovići ŠEK.PEL-01/048 37 Vla - Šekovići ŠEK.PEL-01/068BP gen bones
ICMP.ST.AA.802R.1.W.doc Page 34 of 49 38 Vla - Šekovići ŠEK.PEL-01/042 39 Vla - Šekovići PEL01ŠEK-KOSTURNICA 40 Vla - Šekovići PEL01ŠEK014GB 41 Vlasenica V.OGR-01/016BP 42 Vlasenica V.OGR-01/006BP general bones 43 Vlasenica V.OGR-01/142BP 44 Vlasenica V.OGR-01/261BP general bones 45 Vlasenica NED03VLA001 46 Vlasenica NED02VLA001 47 Vlasenica DUR01VLA001 48 Vlasenica V.BOR-1/3-general clothing 49 Vlasenica V.BOR-KOSTURNICA 50 Vlasenica MI-ZAK-1/062GBP 51 Vlasenica MI-ZAK-1/018GBP 52 Vlasenica MI-ZAK-1/143GBP 53 Vlasenica MI-ZAK-1/028BP 54 Vlasenica MI-ZAK-1/KOSTURNICA 55 Vlasenica MI-ZAK-1/115GBP 56 Vlasenica MI-ZAK-1/120GBP 57 Vlasenica V.JEF-2/1EX 58 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/423 GBP 59 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/180GBP 60 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/165GBP 61 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/277BP 62 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/139BP 63 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/181GBP 64 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/857GBP 65 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/201GBP 66 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/202GBP 67 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/713BP 68 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/695GBP 69 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01-GBP SEKTOR A 70 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/255GBP 71 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/141 GBP 72 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/834 GBP 73 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/716 GBP 74 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/715 GBP 75 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/021 GBP 76 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/049 GBP 77 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/082 GBP 78 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/031 GBP 79 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/079 GBP 80 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/047 GBP 81 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/041 GBP 82 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/045 GBP 83 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/068 GBP 84 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/040 GBP 85 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/080 GBP 86 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/004 GBP 87 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/001 GBP
ICMP.ST.AA.802R.1.W.doc Page 35 of 49 88 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/038 GBP 89 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/077 GBP 90 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/009 GBP 91 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/027 GBP 92 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/010 GBP 93 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/071 GBP 94 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/003 GBP 95 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/061 GBP 96 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/033 GBP 97 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/983 GBP 98 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/548GBP 99 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/943GBP 100 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/547GBP 101 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01 BEZ BROJA 102 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/228GBP 103 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01-223GBP 104 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01-233GBP 105 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/236GBP 106 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/825BP 107 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/668BP 108 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/774GBP 109 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/237B 110 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/697B EXTRA KOSTI 111 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/318GBP 112 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/253B 113 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/522GBP 114 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/841BP 115 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/037B 116 Zvornik Z.ŠAH-01-26BP 117 Zvornik Z.KAZ-01-001 GEN.BONES 118 Zvornik Z.ŠAH-01-32BP 119 Zvornik Z.ŠAH-02-56BP 120 Zvornik Z.ŠAH-02-71BP 121 Zvornik Z.ŠAH-02-065BP 122 Zvornik Z.ŠAH-02-038BP 123 Zvornik Z.ŠAH-02-033BP 124 Zvornik Z.ŠAH-02-16BP 125 Zvornik Z.ŠAH-03-047BP GEN. BONES 126 Zvornik Z.ŠAH-02-53BP 127 Zvornik Z.ŠAH-02-067BP 128 Zvornik Z.ŠAH-02-73BP 129 Zvornik Z.ŠAH-02-039BP 130 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/760BP 131 Zvornik ULC01ZVO030D 132 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/354BP 133 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/768BP 134 Zvornik MET01ZVO001A 135 Zvornik MTK01ZVO002 136 Zvornik RUD01ZVO001 137 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/453 GBP
ICMP.ST.AA.802R.1.W.doc Page 36 of 49 138 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/309 GBP 139 Zvornik LIP09ZVO001 140 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/751 GBP 141 Zvornik GR01-071BP 142 Zvornik GR01-075BP 143 Zvornik GR01-077BP 144 Zvornik Z.ŠAH-03-21BP 145 Zvornik Z.ŠAH-03-11BP 146 Zvornik Z.ŠAH-03-23BP 147 Zvornik Z.ŠAH-KOSTURNICA 148 Zvornik Z.ŠAH-03-57BP 149 Zvornik Z.ŠAH-03-63BP 150 Zvornik Z.ŠAH-03-61BP 151 Zvornik Z.ŠAH-03-58BP 152 Zvornik KAM01ZVO 004,005,006,007,008,009 153 Zvornik Z.VAR-1/1 Table 6: List of cases designated as ossuary material
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.
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. Cases that contain skeletal elements with unmatched profiles
7. Table 7 below lists all cases that contain skeletal sets which have generated DNA profiles, but no match with blood reference samples. Most of these cases contain one such skeletal set, but some may contain more, while others may also contain skeletal sets which have a match with blood reference profiles; currently there are 125 cases containing skeletal sets with 125 distinct unmatched profiles.
No Municipality Case number Number of unique unmatched profiles 1 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/267B 1 2 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/733B 1 3 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/433B 1 4 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/335B 1 5 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/792B 1 6 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/801 GBP 1 7 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/032 GBP 1 8 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/409BP 1 9 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/790B 1 10 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/798BP 1
ICMP.ST.AA.802R.1.W.doc Page 37 of 49 11 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/689B 1 12 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/731B 1 13 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/130B 1 14 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/730B 1 15 Zvornik Z.KAZ-01-008B 1 16 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/794B 1 17 Zvornik Z.KAZ-4-2B 1 18 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/240B 1 19 Zvornik FET01ZVO001 1 20 Zvornik GB.ZVO br. 651 1 21 Zvornik LIP09ZVO004 1 22 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/138BP 1 23 Zvornik Z.C.VRH-01/741B 1 24 Zvornik SNA09ZVO001 1 25 Zvornik ZV.KOZ-03/2B 1 26 Brčko GOR01BRČ153T 1 27 Brčko BČ.B.POLJ-2/1B 1 28 Brčko GOR01BRČ078D 1 29 Brčko GOR01BRČ254D 1 30 Brčko GOR01BRČ156D 1 31 Brčko GOR01BRČ068D 1 32 Brčko GOR01BRČ023T 1 33 Brčko GOR01BRČ038T 1 34 Brčko GOR01BRČ264T 1 35 Brčko BČ.B.POLJ-4/1-B 1 36 Brčko BČ.BOĆ-1/1 1 37 Brčko BČ.B.POLJ-5/1 1 38 Brčko BČ.M-02/1B 1 39 Vlasenica V.OGR-01/145BP general bones 1 40 Vlasenica RAK01VLA004 1 41 Vla - Šekovići ŠEK.PEL-01/001BP gen bones 1 42 Vlasenica RAK01VLA002 1 43 Vlasenica MI-ZAK-1/090B 1 44 Vlasenica MI-ZAK-1/041B 1 45 Bratunac BR.ZAL-01/1 1 46 Bratunac BR.SUH-4/1B-05 1 47 Bratunac BR.BLJE-01/9 1 48 Bratunac BR.BLJE-01/205 1 49 Bratunac BR.BLJE-01/167 1 50 Bratunac B.SUH-1/1 do B.SUH-1/18 1 51 Bratunac BR.BLJE-01/93 1 52 Bratunac BR.BLJE-01/19 1 53 Bratunac REĐ05BRA001 1 54 Vlasenica MRV-1/10 1 55 Zvornik N.N.R-GR-1/5 1 56 Milići M.ŠTE-1/1 1 57 Milići ROV02MIL01 1 58 Milići M.RAŠ-1 1 59 Milići M.ŠTE-2 1 60 Srebrenica SDČ01SRB001 1
ICMP.ST.AA.802R.1.W.doc Page 38 of 49 61 Srebrenica S.MET-1 1 62 Srebrenica SKE02SRE013 1 63 Srebrenica SR.GR.KOM-1/1 1 64 Bijeljina BJ.B.MAL-03/1-05 1 65 Bijeljina BUK01BIJ001 1 66 Bijeljina BJ.JANJ-02/1 1 67 Bijeljina BJ.JANJ-06/1-05 1 68 Bijeljina BJ.LIP.-06/1-05 1 69 Bijeljina BJ.LIP.-07/1-05 1 70 Bijeljina BJ.LIP.-08/1-05 1 71 Bijeljina BJ.LIP.-09/1-05 1 72 Bijeljina BJ.LIP.-10/1-05 1 73 Bijeljina BJ.LIP.-11/1-05 1 74 Bijeljina PAN01BIJ001T 1 75 Bijeljina PAN02BIJ001T 1 76 Bijeljina TOM03BIJ001T 1 77 Bijeljina BJ.B.MAL-02/1-05 1 78 Bijeljina BJ.LIP.-01/1-05 1 79 Bijeljina B.TOB-5/2 1 80 Bijeljina TOM02BIJ001T 1 81 Bijeljina B.TOB-2/1 1 82 Bijeljina BJ.JANJ-01/1-05 1 83 Bijeljina B.TOB-4/1 1 84 CC Tuzla TZ.TRN-2/01B 1 85 CC Tuzla TZ.TRN-2/03B 1 86 CC Tuzla TZ.TRN-2/05B 1 87 CC Tuzla TZ.TRN-02/11 1 88 CC Tuzla TZ.TRN-02/15 1 89 CC Tuzla TZ.TRN-3/01B 1 90 CC Tuzla TZ.TRN-4/03B 1 91 CC Tuzla KOZ-01-TZ 1 92 CC Tuzla SAP-2/1 1 93 CC Tuzla Q-1, Q-2, Q-3, Q-4 1 94 CC Tuzla DOLOVI GORNJI - KOZLOVAC 1 95 Sl. Brod S.BROD-77-A-NN 1 96 Sl. Brod S.BROD-93-NN 1 97 Sl. Brod S.BROD-94-NN 1 98 Sl. Brod S.BROD-99-NN 1 99 Sl. Brod S.BROD-65-NN 1 100 Sl. Brod S.BROD-70-NN 1 101 Kalesija PAN-1/5 1 102 Kalesija PAN-1/7 1 103 Kalesija K.MEM-3/1 1 104 Osmaci O.CAP-1/1 1 105 Modriča M.KOP-1/1 1 106 Modriča M.KOP-1/6 1 107 Modriča M.KOP-2/1 1 108 Modriča M.KOP-2/3 1 109 Modriča M.KOP-2/5 1 110 Modriča M.KOP-2/6 1
ICMP.ST.AA.802R.1.W.doc Page 39 of 49 111 Trnovo TRN01ŠEK009 1 112 Trnovo TRN01ŠEK011 1 113 Lopare KOR02LOP001 1 114 Lopare LO.KOR-01/1-05 1 115 Banovići BA.BEH-1/1 1 116 Banovići BA.BEH-1/3 1 117 Banovići BA.BEH-1/2 1 118 Banovići BRE01BAN-002B 1 119 Ostalo - Kladanj BEB-2/1 1 120 Ostalo - SIB1/1 1 Gradačac 121 Ostalo - Doboj KLO05DOI001 1 122 Ostalo - Čelić N.N.ČELIĆ 1 123 Ostalo - ?? 171/05-A 1 124 Zvornik KMN04ZVO001 1 125 Vlasenica V.SUŠ-3/30 1 Table 7: List of cases containing unmatched profiles
Recommendations Further investigative activities by the NNWG should be undertaken concerning the context of the events of disappearance and exhumation location of these cases. The list of missing persons related to those events should be checked to determine potential missing persons may be related to these skeletal sets. Further collection of relevant blood reference samples from families can lead to generation of positive matches.
ICMP.ST.AA.802R.1.W.doc Page 40 of 49 ANNEX 2: SUMMARY TABLE OF EXAMINATION RESULTS (PHASE I) FOR THE CASES UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE CANTONAL PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE OF TUZLA CANTON, STORED AT THE COMMEMORATIVE CENTRE IN TUZLA
1. Cases stored In Tuzla are counted by body bag. The MNI represents minimum number of individuals assessed by anthropological assessment of repeating bones. Sets of skeletal elements (Bodies -Bs and body parts - BPs) are identified as separate cases of human remains. Many body bags contain multiple sets of skeletal remains.
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No. of sets of No. of sets No. samples skeletal No. of new No. of cases No. of No. of cases No. of cases No. of cases of skel. El. taken from Week elements samples not possible with status examined not sampled Not previously un- determined taken1 autopsied historic cases change sampled sampled cases (B’s, BP’s) 1: 27-31/10/14 35 102 76 0 0 0 0 0 13 2: 03-07/11/14 31 227 151 0 1 2 1 0 17 3: 10-14/11/14 37 86 34 0 14 14 1 0 7 4: 17-21/11/14 182 21 2 0 1 01 0 4 5: 24-28/11/14 23 34 10 0 0 0 0 0 8 6: 01-05/12/14 1 1333 18 0 0 0 0 0 1 7: 08-12/12/14 25 33 21 0 0 0 0 0 6 8: 15-19/12/14 24 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 9: 12-16/01/15 25 36 4 0 1 1 1 0 7 10: 19-23/01/15 26 60 31 0 0 0 0 0 8 11: 26-30/01/15 35 60 32 0 2 4 3 0 5 12: 02-06/02/15 24 41 19 0 0 0 0 0 7 13: 09-13/02/15 27 40 5 0 1 1 0 0 8 14: 16-20/02/15 26 62 3 0 1 11 1 1 6 15: 23-27/02/15 41 72 14 0 0 0 0 6 8 16: 02-06/03/15 19 93 23 0 0 0 0 0 6 17: 09-13/03/15 Database updates, see summary below 18: 16-20/03/15 26 78 30 0 0 0 0 0 14 19: 23-27/03/15 13 24 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 20: 30/03-03/04/15 22 143 27 0 0 0 0 0 9 21: 07-10/04/15 13 62 8 0 0 0 0 0 6 22: 14-17/04/15 18 31 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 23: 20-24/04/15 8 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 24: 27-30/04/15 14 46 7 0 1 5 5 0 3 25: 05-08/05/15 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
ICMP.ST.AA.802R.1.W.doc Page 42 of 49 26: 11-15/05/15 Database updates, scanning of documentation, photo documentation sorting 27: 18-22/05/15 5 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 28: 25-29/05/15 28 78 8 0 2 2 0 0 5 29: 01-05/06/15 13 58 29 0 0 0 0 12 3 30: 08-12/06/15 25 35 2 0 2 2 1 15 4 31: 15-19/06/15 3 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 32: 22-26/06/15 19 32 7 0 1 1 1 1 8 33: 29/06-03/07/15 25 27 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 34: 06-10/07/15 13 18 0 0 0 0 0 13 1 35: 13-16/07/15 6 7 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 36: 20-24/07/15 20 21 0 0 0 0 0 20 2 37: 17-31/07/15 18 20 0 0 0 0 0 18 1 38: 03-07/08/15 Collective AL: D. on quality control, data review, management, and extraction 39: 10-14/08/15 Collective AL: D. on quality control, data review, management, and extraction 40: 17-21/08/15 Pre-review of remaining cases at the CC Tuzla, correction of PW, scanning, documentation backlog 41: 24-28/08/15 18 42 19 0 0 0 0 3 11 42: 31/08-04/09/15 17 40 0 0 0 0 0 12 15 43: 07/09-11/09/15 15 35 5 0 1 1 0 0 6 44: 14-18/09/15 16 25 3 0 0 0 0 1 4 45: 21-23/09/15 13 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 46: 28/09-03/10/15 20 25 5 0 3 3 0 0 8 48: 12-16/10/15 5 8 4 0 1 2 1 2 4 RSB Samples 0 0 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 TOTAL: 811 2038 648 0 33 51 15 111 232 1. DNA samples marked as taken refer to samples entered into chain of custody from cases in a given week. Samples are not necessarily cut during the same week. 2. One case was pulled out in Week 4 but examination of this case was put on hold until WEEK 9). 3. Additional subcases marked as "extra bones" found in separate body bags in subsequent weeks have been placed into the "Z.C.VRH-01-EXTRA KOSTI" case, and added to the total number of sets of skeletal elements.
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ANNEX 3: SUGGESTED PROCESS FOR NN FACILITY REVIEWS
1. Participants agreed that the inventory of ossuaries and resolving the issue of unidentified human remains should be undertaken as soon as possible and organised in stages: I. Phase I: conduct inventory in mortuaries/ossuaries, i.e. establish facts and inspect all facilities used for human remains storage; II. Phase II: implement decisions about NN human remains following completion of inventory of mortuaries. III. Phase III: undertake re-exhumations to implement decisions about NN human remains found to have associations to already buried cases.
2. ICMP suggests the following procedures are followed for the review of each case during the inventory: 1. A request for documentation to be collated on all cases will be submitted to the facility and all participants before work commences. A checklist will be provided so the correct documentation and relevant facts can be collected for each case;
2. A complete list of all cases held in each facility will be provided, including all NN cases;
3. A list of all NN cases examined during the inventory will be kept, and compared with the list provided by the facility;
4. Assessment will be made to determine the site type the case originates from, and whether the case may be historic;
5. Documentation for each case will be reviewed before the inventory of each case is made. This includes documentation of DNA samples and reports. Any missing documentation or data including photographs will be noted;
6. List personnel who undertook field and mortuary examinations will be made;
7. Photographs will be taken of the case and container;
8. Each case will be prepared for inventory and examination. Details of the storage and condition of the cases will be recorded. Any labelling will be examined and recorded. Washing and cleaning of skeletal remains, personal belongings and clothing associated to the case will be made if necessary to allow required recording;
9. The cases will be laid out in anatomical position and examined. The findings and the details observed will be compared to records. Any discrepancies will be recorded;
10. The examination will consist of the following steps (following ICMP procedures for KIP): a. Assessment to determine number of cases, b. Check association of Skeletal Elements, c. Determination of MNI, d. Designation of a Skeletal Assemblage, e. Inventory, f. Checking of known re-associations based on case data, g. Determination of potential new re-associations and associated cases (note re- association work will be undertaken in Phase II of the NN inventory),
ICMP.ST.AA.802.1.doc Page 44 of 49 h. Determination of need for issuing of additional cases numbers. Issuing of numbers as necessary by pathologists and office of the prosecutor, i. Determine if additional DNA samples are needed (note these will be taken in Phase II of the NN inventory), j. Biological profile/Assessment of age at death, sex, stature, individual characteristics k. Assessment of ante-mortem, peri-mortem and post-mortem trauma, and taphonomic indicators, l. Describe and document case/s using body, body part and commingled case forms, m. Check against corroborating Information;
11. Check clothing and personal effects, determine if they have been recorded (note further recording of clothing etc. will be undertaken in Phase II of the NN inventory);
12. Check other artefacts, determine if they have been recorded (note further recording of clothing etc. will be undertaken in Phase II of the NN inventory);
13. List any evidence that may assist in dating the case;
14. Determine if documentation provides any information on an ID based on presumptive methods for each case; 15. Determine if documentation provides any information on an ID based on positive methods other than DNA for each case;
16. Assess curation of documentation for the case;
17. Summarise case findings providing context of case, description, any issues, general comments on the Case Review Form;
18. Review case with pathologist, case manager and others, agree and confirm case status and recommendations;
19. State the case status (after inventory);
20. State what actions need to be taken to complete the identification process for each case, including further re-examination;
21. State if new cases have been found;
22. State if new DNA samples are needed. Take new samples. All samples will be numbered and described: a. First DNA sample needed, b. Additional DNA sample needed;
23. Generate agreed list from database on which cases need further examination, resolution and completion;
24. Entering Case inventory details into database;
25. Generate report for facility with recommendations and statistics to assist with planning and
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Phase I summary Assess case documentation and facility organisation
Facility collates documentation and prepares facility for assessment
Review all case documentation
Re-examination of all body bags and cases following agreed SOP
Sampling/re-sampling
Assessment of case status and updating of documentation
Determination of requirements to resolve each case
Phase II summary Results from sampling/re-sampling
Re-associations
Re-exhumations
Re-examinations
New matches
Re-associations and completion of documentation
Case resolution and identifications
Phase III summary Re-exhumations
Re-examinations
Sampling/re-sampling
New matches
Re-associations
Completion of documentation
Case resolution and identifications
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All cases need their status designated. Assessing status determines the steps needed to resolve the case and complete the identification process. Cases may have one or more statuses. Examples of status include: 1. No determined status; 2. Case with completed identification process; 3. Case without a DNA profile; 4. Case previously identified through presumptive methods only; 5. Case previously identified through positive methods other than DNA; 6. Case previously named through presumptive methods only; 7. Case previously named through positive methods other than DNA; 8. Case has profile but no match; 9. Case named based on DNA reports, but identification not confirmed; 10. Case awaiting re-examination; 11. Case is part of commingled bag that has not received full anthropological assessment; 12. Case is found to be from different individuals and requires further actions; 13. Case consists of re-associations undertaken pre-inventory; 14. Case found to require further DNA samples; 15. Case waiting for DNA match results from submitted samples; 16. Case has been associated with already presumptively identified and buried cases (they are out of reach for sampling); 17. Permissions to exhume related cases not received from families; 18. Families refuse to give consent for re-exhumation; 19. Loss/lack of information on location of burial plots of related cases; 20. Case is mislabelled; 21. Change in original case number determined; 22. Partial or lack of documentation for case; 23. No track of DNA samples from a case and their statuses; 24. Change in numbering of DNA samples determined; 25. Confused information on DNA samples statuses (info that there was bone to bone match and later info that DNA sample extraction has failed and vice-versa); 26. Case is non-human, or is not identifiable human tissue; 27. Case is possibly not related to the period of interest.
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The Case Review Form summarises all relevant case information for assessment, and presents the determination of status and recommendations for steps to achieve case completion.
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