Disaster Victims’ Identification

Year 2023, Volume: 8 Issue: 2, 763 - 769, 21.06.2023

Müge Ağır , Hamit Hancı

Abstract

Identification of people is a fundamental necessity that must be done personally, socially, legally, and humanely for the verification of death. The process of identifying victims in far-reaching disasters is linked to the combination of a variety of factors. Worldwide DVI operations mainly follow the INTERPOL DVI Guide. The INTERPOL DVI Guide provides a framework for managing mass death events, however, does not specifically address issues related to events with a large number of fragmented human remains. Events involving severely fragmented, burned, or mixed human remains present complex logistical, practical and ethical challenges that can extend the DVI operation and even completely prevent the identification of some individuals. The stages to be followed in search, rescue, and identification studies have been investigated in events with a lot of fragmented human remains. Since the nature of each disaster is different, a flexible and appropriate plan should be developed in a DVI operation without adhering to strict rules.

Keywords

Forensic science, identification, disaster victims, interpol.

Felaket Kurbanlarının Kimliklendirilmesi

Abstract

İnsanların kimliklendirilmesi ölümün doğrulanması için kişisel, toplumsal, hukuki ve insani olarak yapılması gereken temel bir zorunluluktur. Geniş kapsamlı felaketlerde kurbanların kimliklendirilmesi süreci birçok faktörün bileşimi ile bağlantılıdır. Dünya çapında DVI işlemleri esas olarak INTERPOL DVI Kılavuzunu takip eder. INTERPOL DVI Kılavuzu, toplu ölüm olaylarını yönetmek için bir çerçeve sağlar, ancak özellikle çok sayıda parçalanmış insan kalıntısı olan olaylarla ilgili sorunları ele almaz. Ciddi şekilde parçalanmış, yanmış veya birbirine karışmış insan kalıntılarının bulunduğu olaylar, DVI operasyonunu uzatabilecek ve hatta bazı bireylerin tanımlanmasını tamamen engelleyebilecek karmaşık lojistik, pratik ve etik zorluklar ortaya koymaktadır. Bu derleme makalede felaket kurbanlarının kimliklendirilmesi alanında literatür incelenmiş, kurbanların kimliklendirilmesi sürecini zorlaştıracak sorunların çözümü için çözüm yolları ve Çok fazla parçalanmış insan kalıntılarının olduğu olaylarda arama kurtarma ve kimliklendirme çalışmalarında izlenecek aşamalar araştırılmıştır. Her felaketin doğası farklı olduğu için bir dvi operasyonunda katı kurallara bağlı kalmadan esnek ve olayın doğasına uygun bir plan geliştirilmesi gerekmektedir.

Keywords

Adli bilimler, kimliklendirme, felaket kurbanları, interpol.

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