South Africa: Forensic Human Identification in Mortuaries

The ACMS Manager, Stephen Fonseca based in Pretoria who oversaw the development of the training tool noted, “The training tool has been developed with the sole aim of equipping a wide range of actors including the Red Cross and Red Crescent volunteers, learning institutions, disaster managers, pathologists, police services and military personnel with medicolegal death practices. Also, the need for detailed, systematic identification procedures by forensic professionals to ensure reliable identification of the dead and to resolve missing persons cases.”