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Home Primary News Forensic specialists to return to scene of Srebrenica genocide 20 years after first mass grave was excavated

Forensic specialists to return to scene of Srebrenica genocide 20 years after first mass grave was excavated

Robert McNeil MBE, a former Forensic technician from Glasgow who now sits on the board of Remembering Srebrenica Scotland, is leading a delegation of forensic experts returning to Srebrenica this weekend.

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On the 20th anniversary of the first forensic specialists going out to excavate mass graves in Bosnia, a group of 15 experts who all worked there in the 1990s and early 2000s are returning to reflect on their experiences.

The delegation will be led by Robert McNeil MBE, a Forensic Technician from Glasgow, who sits on the board of Remembering Srebrenica Scotland, a charity set up to raise awareness of the genocide which took place in Bosnia-Herzegovina 21 years ago.

The group also includes specialists from many different fields who all played a role in the difficult task of exhuming bodies, examining the victims, and gathering evidence against the perpetrators charged with war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. As part of their visit, the group will return to the town of Visoko, where a temporary mortuary in which they all worked was situated from 1997. The town now has a “Square of the Srebrenica Genocide Victims”, which includes an amphitheatre, a fountain and a memorial plaque located by the promenade. The memorial also recognises the work done by the forensic specialists in identifying the victims, so will be a particularly poignant place for them to visit.

Following on from the visit of the First Minister of Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon last week these experts will have an important opportunity to see more of Bosnia than was permitted when they were working there for the UN. Delegation leader, Robert McNeil MBE, said:

“Due to the nature of the work we were carrying out in the 1990s, we were not able to interact with local people or see much of the country outside of our immediate work because of issues of confidentiality and security.

“All of us feel that this was missing from our experiences there, so being part of this educational programme with Remembering Srebrenica will be of great help to everyone involved. People are travelling from all over the world to come with us, so their commitment will help the charity tremendously in teaching more people about what happened.”

The delegation will hear from survivors of the genocide and relatives of the victims, as well as the British Ambassador and officials from the International Commission on Missing Persons which continues to spearhead the effort to locate and identify the missing.
The lessons from Srebrenica visit is part of Remembering Srebrenica’s wider education programme which has seen 21,000 young people learning the lessons from Srebrenica. The charity also organises memorial events across the UK to mark the EU-wide day of remembrance for the victims of the genocide.

Remembering Srebrenica’s Chairman, Dr Waqar Azmi OBE, said: “Taking these experts who played such an important part in the recent history of Bosnia back to Srebrenica demonstrates our commitment to justice and truth in learning about the genocide. Their contributions to the legal processes must not be undervalued, nor must the role they can play in helping others to learn about the horrors of Srebrenica.

“Never has it been more important for us to learn the lessons from Srebrenica. We must take action to build better and safer societies for all, otherwise those who spread divisive messages will go unchallenged in their efforts to breed hatred and intolerance.”

Sep 1, 2016Amil Khan
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