Mercedes Doretti, Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team. Moderator: Anjli Parrin, Legal Fellow, Project on War Crimes and Mass Graves, Columbia Law School Human Rights Clinic
Thousands of people die trying to cross the US-southern border into America. Since the late 1990's, almost 7,000 persons have been found dead on the US-side of the border with Mexico, and thousands more remain missing. Hundreds of bodies lie unidentified in morgues, medical examiners offices, and cemeteries in states such as Texas and Arizona. Mercedes Doretti, a leading forensic anthropologist, has since 2009 successfully identified the remains of almost 200migrants. Doretti is co-founder of the Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team, created in 1984 to investigate the cases of 9,000 disappeared people in Argentina, and which today has worked in more than 50 countries.
All are welcome and lunch will be provided.
This event is part of the Human Rights Institute’s 20th Anniversary Series “Resist, Decolonize, Create,” a year-long exploration of tactics by leading activists and thinkers to resist abuse, create opportunities to expand justice, and decolonize the human rights field, while celebrating and sharing the Human Rights Institute’s groundbreaking work.
