Reference :
V-P-XZ-E-00040
Date :
13/09/2014
Caption :
Merdare. A volunteer of the "Red Cross of Kosova" consoles a grief stricken family member during the repatriation of his loved one’s remains.
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, ICMP 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 :
5616x3744
Orientation :
landscape
Colour/B&W :
colour
