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Diario Perfil - Impulsan identificación de soldados enterrados como NN en Malvinas In particular, the EAAF acquired additional worldwide renown by identifying the remains of Ernesto "Che" Guevara , found in Bolivia . ORIGINS OF THE EAAF With the restoration of democracy and the creation of the National Commission On The Disappearance Of Persons (CONADEP) in 1983, Argentina embarked on a process of exhumations of the many unmarked graves found in the country, believing that many of them could well contain unidentified victims of Forced Disappearance s — an undertaking in which it soon became apparent that Scientific Method s were needed. CONADEP and the Grandmothers Of The Plaza De Mayo took the initiative and travelled to the United States , where they were vouchsafed the determined support of the American Association For The Advancement Of Science . A genetic database was created at Durand Hospital in Buenos Aires , and a team of forensic anthopologists was created under the leadership of Dr. Clyde Snow . ''El norteamericano Clyde Snow, fundador del Equipo Argentino de Antropología Forense: “Aquí todavía están conscientes de la tragedia'', Página 12, 27 de junio de 2004 Those small beginnings were the basis for the creation in 1986 of the Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team. ''La antropología investiga los años de plomo'', Página 12, Futuro, 8 de abril de 2000 WORK OF THE EAAF The EAAF's investigation methods were divided into three stages: #Preliminary phase, collecting written and oral accounts of the disappeared. #Analysis phase, studying documents and records in order to identify the possible whereabouts of the remains #Archaeological phase, similar to classical Archaeology within a Forensic context. This phase also used genetic investigation techniques based on DNA testing. The EAAF was a pioneer in developing these techniques. In the words of Clyde Snow: :"For the first time in the history of human rights investigations we began to use a scientific method to investigate violations. Although we started out small, it led to a genuine revolution in how human rights violations are investigated. The idea of using science in the human rights area began here, in Argentina, and it is now used throughout the world. The Team took the idea to other parts of the world and helped set up teams in other countries, such as Guatemala, Chile, and Peru. European countries now have their forensic anthropology teams. But Argentina was the first." ''El norteameicano Clyde Snow, fundador del Equipo Argentino de Antropología Forense: “Aquí todavía están conscientes de la tragedia'', Página 12, 27 de junio de 2004 By 2000 the EAAF had succeeded in identifying sixty sets of remains, while a further 300 cases were still under investigation. ''La antropología investiga los años de plomo'', Página 12, Futuro, 8 de abril de 2000 SEE ALSO REFERENCES SOURCE The first version of this article was translated/adapted from the corresponding article on the Spanish-language Wikipedia . EXTERNAL LINKS |
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