Procedural and political aspects of forensic exhumation in Brazil
Exhumation may be defined as the legally sanctioned excavation and recovery of the remains of lawfully buried or – occasionally – cremated individuals, as distinct from forensic excavations of clandestinely buried remains conducted as part of a criminal investigation and from unlawful disinterment o...
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| author | Marco Aurelio Guimarães Raffaela Arrabaça Francisco Martin Evison Edna Sadayo Miazato Iwamura Carlos Eduardo Palhares Machado Ricardo Henrique Alves da Silva Maria Eliana Castro Pinheiro Diva Santana Julie Alvina Guss Patrício |
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| description | Exhumation may be defined as the legally sanctioned excavation and recovery of the remains of lawfully buried or – occasionally – cremated individuals, as distinct from forensic excavations of clandestinely buried remains conducted as part of a criminal investigation and from unlawful disinterment of human remains, commonly referred to as bodysnatching. The aim of this article is to review the role of exhumation – so defined – in the activities of CEMEL, the Medico-Legal Centre of the Ribeirão Preto Medical School-University of São Paulo, in international, regional and local collaborations. Exhumations form part of routine forensic anthropology casework; scientific research in physical and forensic anthropology; and forensic casework conducted in collaboration with the Brazilian Federal Police; and are carried out as part of humanitarian investigations into deaths associated with the civil–military dictatorship of 1964 to 1985. This article aims to offer a non-technical summary – with reference to international comparative information – of the role of exhumation in investigative and scientific work and to discuss developments in their historical and political context. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2a15398629e84c00a75813d356adf1c62022-12-22T00:28:54ZengManchester University PressHuman Remains and Violence2054-22402017-04-0131375110.7227/HRV.3.1.4Procedural and political aspects of forensic exhumation in BrazilMarco Aurelio Guimarães0Raffaela Arrabaça Francisco1Martin Evison2Edna Sadayo Miazato Iwamura3Carlos Eduardo Palhares Machado4Ricardo Henrique Alves da Silva5Maria Eliana Castro Pinheiro6Diva Santana7Julie Alvina Guss Patrício8Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São PauloRibeirão Preto Medical School, University of São PauloFaculty of Health and Life Sciences, Northumbria UniversityDepartment of Pathology, Federal University of São PauloRibeirão Preto Medical School, University of São PauloSchool of Dentristy of Ribeirão Preto, University of São PauloRepresentatives of the Independent Group of Families of Political Dead and Disappeared from Brazilian Civil-Military DictatorshipRepresentatives of the Independent Group of Families of Political Dead and Disappeared from Brazilian Civil-Military DictatorshipRepresentatives of the Independent Group of Families of Political Dead and Disappeared from Brazilian Civil-Military DictatorshipExhumation may be defined as the legally sanctioned excavation and recovery of the remains of lawfully buried or – occasionally – cremated individuals, as distinct from forensic excavations of clandestinely buried remains conducted as part of a criminal investigation and from unlawful disinterment of human remains, commonly referred to as bodysnatching. The aim of this article is to review the role of exhumation – so defined – in the activities of CEMEL, the Medico-Legal Centre of the Ribeirão Preto Medical School-University of São Paulo, in international, regional and local collaborations. Exhumations form part of routine forensic anthropology casework; scientific research in physical and forensic anthropology; and forensic casework conducted in collaboration with the Brazilian Federal Police; and are carried out as part of humanitarian investigations into deaths associated with the civil–military dictatorship of 1964 to 1985. This article aims to offer a non-technical summary – with reference to international comparative information – of the role of exhumation in investigative and scientific work and to discuss developments in their historical and political context.exhumationforensicanthropologydictatorshiphuman rightsbrazil |
| spellingShingle | Marco Aurelio Guimarães Raffaela Arrabaça Francisco Martin Evison Edna Sadayo Miazato Iwamura Carlos Eduardo Palhares Machado Ricardo Henrique Alves da Silva Maria Eliana Castro Pinheiro Diva Santana Julie Alvina Guss Patrício Procedural and political aspects of forensic exhumation in Brazil Human Remains and Violence exhumation forensic anthropology dictatorship human rights brazil |
| title | Procedural and political aspects of forensic exhumation in Brazil |
| title_full | Procedural and political aspects of forensic exhumation in Brazil |
| title_fullStr | Procedural and political aspects of forensic exhumation in Brazil |
| title_full_unstemmed | Procedural and political aspects of forensic exhumation in Brazil |
| title_short | Procedural and political aspects of forensic exhumation in Brazil |
| title_sort | procedural and political aspects of forensic exhumation in brazil |
| topic | exhumation forensic anthropology dictatorship human rights brazil |
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