CSI in Bosnia and Herzegovina (Chicago, IL)

The Consulate General of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnian-Herzegovinian American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and Alliance of BiH Organizations present: CSI in Bosnia and Herzegovina forensic methods, obstacles, and the social effects of identifying victims of mass fatalities. Tuesday, May 10, 2011 6-8 PM (Open to the public) Harold Washington Library Center, Cindy Pritzker Auditorium 400 South State Street Chicago, IL 60605 Panelists: Adnan Rizvić International Commission on Missing Persons, Sarajevo,Bosnia and Herzegovina Nedim Duraković Podrinje Identification Project,Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina Moderator Sarah Wagner University of North Carolina Greensboro, author of To Know Where He Lies: DNA and the Search forSrebrenica’s Missing Established at the initiative of U.S. President Clinton in 1996, the International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP) is headquartered in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. More than 15 years after the war, the effort to find and identify over 30,000 missing in Bosnia and Herzegovina is still underway. Through this process, Bosnia and Herzegovina has become a global leader in the science of identifying human remains using DNA. This expertise is now used by other countries from Iraq to USA to help identify the victims of conflict and natural disasters.