Mapping projects related to mass atrocities and human rights violations are prevalent across the globe. Despite their often well-intentioned origins, there has been minimal practical research and subsequent output focused on what constitutes effective mapping. Furthermore, there is a lack of guidance on how to balance the pursuit of justice with the need to…
MaGPIE’s mass grave mapping comprises multiple steps; searching for and categorising mass graves, deciphering the relevant treaties, laws, and institutions each State uses to address them, investigating the best forensic investigation practices, and determining how justice can be achieved for the victims, families and affected communities. Dr Ellie Smith focuses on the latter aspect—achieving…
Between 22nd – 24th May 2024 members of the MaGPIE team paid a visit to the International Commission on Missing Persons headquarters in The Hague. Melanie has been working successfully with the ICMP, particularly Andreas Kleiser, for a number of years in conjunction with the Missing Persons Indicator Project, a project closely associated with MaGPIE, that…
“I have two bones of my son. That’s all I had to bury … perhaps we can find more of the missing men here.” In October 2015, Munira Subaric and Kada Hotic of the Association of Women of Srebrenica and Zepa, stood at a rubbish dump on the bank of the river Drina outside the…
From 21st to 28th April three members of the MaGPIE team, Dr Melanie Klinkner, Dr Ellie Smith and Diego Renato-Nunez, visited Guatemala to gain insight into the country’s ongoing efforts in protecting, investigating, commemorating and memorialising mass graves borne from the nation’s 36-year civil war. During their visit a landmark genocide trial of former general…