Reference :
V-P-XZ-E-00043
Date :
17/09/2014
Caption :
Pristina. A mismatched pair of socks recovered with human remains exhumed at the gravesite in Rudnica, Raska, Southern Serbia and photographed at the Department of Forensic Medicine in Pristina. Many men were hiding out in the forest amid frigid temperatures just prior to being killed and were carrying items related to hygiene, as well as, in some cases, extra pairs of socks.
Confidentiality level :
public
Publication restrictions :
publication without restrictions
Description :
In December 2013, a gravesite in Rudnica, Raska, Southern Serbia, was located in an old quarry, after years of search. The site was discovered thanks to the joint efforts of relevant stakeholders within the frame of the ICRC chaired Working Group on Missing Persons. Satellite images from the period of March - June 1999 shared within that mechanism were of critical relevance to determining the location of the site. Fifty-two (52) sets of human remains and a number of body parts belonging to persons who went missing during the 1998-99 Kosovo armed conflict were exhumed between December and June 2014. Forensic experts from the Kosovo Department of Forensic Medicine, EULEX (European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo), ICMP (International Commission on Missing Persons) and ICRC participated to and oversaw, as active observers, the works carried out at the site under the authority of the Serbian War Crimes prosecution. Between August and October 2014 all remains were handed over to EULEX on three separate occasions.
Original material :
digital
Resolution :
2667x4000
Orientation :
portrait
Colour/B&W :
colour
