Forensic sciences (anthropology/archaeology/pathology) and international criminal justice

In her seminal Fact-Finding without Facts: The Uncertain Evidentiary Foundations of International Criminal Convictions [Cambridge University Press, 2010], Nancy Combs shed light on the serious impediments faced by international criminal justice in establishing facts in order to convincingly assess individual criminal responsibility for the most atrocious deeds. Gathering reliable evidence was a challenge for the ad hoc International Criminal Tribunals for Rwanda [ICTR] and for the Former Yugoslavia [ICTY] and very much remains a live issue at the International Criminal Court [ICC].
Source: Science and Justice - Category: Forensic Medicine Authors: Tags: Editorial Source Type: research