International Conference and Workshops on Missing Persons
Prishtina, Kosovo, March 24-27, 2010

Wednesday March 24

Pre-Conference Educational workshops
09.00 – 17.00 Registration

Morning:

Workshop n°1

- Managing a mass grave: updates in physical anthropology

Afternoon:

Workshop n° 2

- Quality assurance in identification process by DNA analysis.

Thursday, March 25

Humanitarian aspects of Missing Persons

09.00 – 17.00 Registration

10.00 – 10.30 Opening ceremony

10.30 – 10.40 President Speech

10.40 – 10.50 Prime minister Speech

10.50 – 11.00 Justice Minister Speech

11.00 – 11.20 Coffee breaks

11.20 – 11.50 DLM Presentation (A.Gerxhaliu, A.Robinson)

11.50 – 12.00 Discussion

12.00 – 13.30 Lunch

13.30 – 13.50 International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP) report

13.50 – 14.10 International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) report

14.10 – 14.30 Experience of post-conflictions countries in identification of missing

Person (Balkans Region speaker)

14.30 – 15.00 Discussion

15.00 – 15.30 Coffee breaks

15.30 – 15.50 Children as victims of conflicts lecture - Mete Gulmen-Turkie

15.50 – 16.10 Attorney in law in soon- Serdar Kelahmet- Turkie

16.10 – 16.30 Discussion and conclusions

20.00 – 22.00 Gala Dinner

Friday, March 26

Investigating unidentified corpses

09.00 –17.00 Registration

09.00 - 09.30 The challenge of investigating the dead from armed conflicts and

catastrophes: the role of forensic service providers ( DuarteNuno Vieira- Portugal)

09.30 -10.00 The physical anthropologist’s role in investigating unidentified bodies

(Ali Chadly-Tunis)

10.00 -10.30 Evidence to the trial Hague(John Clark-Scotland)

10.30 -11.00 Discussion

11.00 -11.30 Coffee- break

11.30 -12.00 Genetic identification in mass disasters: the International Society of

Forensic Genetics recommendations (Angel Carracedo - Spain)

12.00 -12.30 DNA analysis for conflicts unidentified victims (Rifat Morina - Kosova)

12.30 -13.00 Discussion

13.00 -14.30 Lunch

14.30 -15.15 Identification of unknown skeletal corpses in Albania- Bardhyl Qipi- Albania

15.15 -15.45 Identification of the corpses found in water in Albania-- Admir Sinamati - Albania

15.45 -16.15 Discussion

16.15 -16.45 Coffee breaks

16.45 -18.00 MAFS Board Meeting (Final Conclusions of ICWMP)

17.00 -19.30 Prishtina excursion

20.00 -22.00 Firewall Party

Saturday, March 27

Social program