"There are numerous longstanding and emerging challenges in the identification of missing persons," Director of the Ministry of Health's Forensic Medical Examination and Pathological Anatomy Union Adalat Hasanov said at the international conference titled "Modern Approaches and Strengthening Cooperation in Resolving the Issue of Missing Persons," held within the framework of cooperation with the International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP), APA reports.
He noted that the greatest challenges are usually associated with mass graves.
"Mass graves are always considered the most problematic objects of examination. Sometimes, the bone remains of a single individual identified in mass graves are found in two or even three separate mass graves located far from one another. This makes it impossible to reach a final conclusion and hand over the identified remains to families before DNA examinations of all mass graves have been completed.
The difficulty in conducting both forensic criminalistic examinations and genetic identification of bone remains brought from the liberated territories lies in the fact that these bones date back approximately 30 to 35 years. In addition, in most cases they were not buried in a compact manner but remained scattered in the open air for such a long period.
Despite all these challenges, our specialists will continue their work until the last bone fragment belonging to our martyrs has been examined and will take part in returning these skeletal remains to their families," he said.
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