Investigating missing persons who are presumed dead in conflict contexts almost always involves witness interviews.Interviews can be critical both to locating burial sites and to positively identifying bodies that are...Investigating missing persons who are presumed dead in conflict contexts almost always involves witness interviews.Interviews can be critical both to locating burial sites and to positively identifying bodies that are located.Despite the importance of interviews,the authors have found that investigators in these contexts seldom have formal training on interviewing.This article highlights three principal problems that the authors have experienced relative to interviewing as part of missing persons investigations in armed conflict contexts:that interviewing is not treated as a professional activity;the tendency to overvalue technical tools in the search for burial sites;and a lack of awareness about cultural and contextual factors that impact interviews.The article concludes with five recommendations on how to improve witness interviewing.展开更多
In late July 2021,the Ministry of Veteran Affairs of the People’s Republic of China released a statement about the repatriation of the remains of Chinese sol-diers from the Korean War,which had been recovered by the ...In late July 2021,the Ministry of Veteran Affairs of the People’s Republic of China released a statement about the repatriation of the remains of Chinese sol-diers from the Korean War,which had been recovered by the Republic of Korea:“Following humanitarian principles and in the spirit of friendly consultation and practical cooperation,China and South Korea…will further deepen the exchanges and cooperation between the two coun-tries in the joint search,excavation,and identi-fication of the remains of the Chinese People’s Volunteers in South Korea”(translation to English by Yizhang Fan)[1].展开更多
文摘Investigating missing persons who are presumed dead in conflict contexts almost always involves witness interviews.Interviews can be critical both to locating burial sites and to positively identifying bodies that are located.Despite the importance of interviews,the authors have found that investigators in these contexts seldom have formal training on interviewing.This article highlights three principal problems that the authors have experienced relative to interviewing as part of missing persons investigations in armed conflict contexts:that interviewing is not treated as a professional activity;the tendency to overvalue technical tools in the search for burial sites;and a lack of awareness about cultural and contextual factors that impact interviews.The article concludes with five recommendations on how to improve witness interviewing.
文摘In late July 2021,the Ministry of Veteran Affairs of the People’s Republic of China released a statement about the repatriation of the remains of Chinese sol-diers from the Korean War,which had been recovered by the Republic of Korea:“Following humanitarian principles and in the spirit of friendly consultation and practical cooperation,China and South Korea…will further deepen the exchanges and cooperation between the two coun-tries in the joint search,excavation,and identi-fication of the remains of the Chinese People’s Volunteers in South Korea”(translation to English by Yizhang Fan)[1].
