Missing Migrants: Hearing On Identification Of Remains Friday

BOULDER, CO - A hearing on the identification of remains of missing migrants who have disappeared from the US-Mexico Border is coming to the CU Law School this Friday. The hearing, convened by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, is open to the public–as is a vigil for missing migrants that will take place directly after the hearing. The Forensic Border Coalition, a collaboration of forensic scientists, scholars, and human rights partner organizations, is using this hearing to call for increased U.S. cooperation with an effort that allows genetic information from unidentified remains to be shared across national borders.

The hearing will include testimony from forensic scientists, human rights experts, and the family members of missing migrants. Organizers expect that US government representatives will be present. The Forensic Border Coalition will be arguing for a formalized process that would allow large scale comparisons that would match DNA information collected from relatives of missing migrants against all DNA data from unidentified remains found on US soil. According to the Coalition, this scale of an effort has never been done, and any identification is solely on a case-by-case basis.

Friday's session is the culmination of a full week of hearings taking place at CU. More information and a full schedule can be found here.

Identification of the Remains of Migrants Disappeared Along the United States Border

When: October 5th, 2018, 10:15 – 11:15 a.m.

Where: “Schaden Commons” room, Wolf Law Building, 401 UCB, 2450 Kittredge Loop Road, Boulder, CO (there will also be an online broadcast for those unable to attend.)

The event is open to the public and pre-registration is not necessary. For more information, click here.

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