RED CROSS INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE ENVISAGES TO IMPLEMENT COMPARISON OF DATA OF THOSE LOST WITHOUT TRACE AND DISCOVERED CORPSES

Noyan Tapan
Sep 7, 2007

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 7, NOYAN TAPAN. It is envisaged to collect the
personal data of those lost without a trace by the assistance of
international institutions and compare them with the discovered
corpses and ashes within the frameworks of the Armenian mission of the
Red Cross International Committee. This information was provided by
James Reynolds, the head of the Armenian delegation of the Red Cross
International Committee, during the meeting with Aghvan Hovsepian,
the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Armenia, which was held
on September 5. He expressed hope that thus they will receive an
opportunity to get new information about the destiny of those lost
without a trace.

According to the message of the RA Prosecutor General’s Office,
Aghvan Hovsepian expressed readiness to support the implementation of
the program, that is to say, to provide the Red Cross International
Committee with the information the Prosecutor’s Office possesses on
the criminal cases filed in such cases, and in case of necessity to
support to conduct a post mortem, as well as a forensic examination.

The Prosecutor General also approved of the initiative of the Red
Cross for organizing a conference dedicated to the assistance of
social-psychological services in the penitentiary institutions
of Armenia.