International Commission on Missing Persons

An illustration shows several bodies layed out in in various positions with one red body.

In the western Balkans, DNA tests help families discover fate of dead relatives

Conflict

DNA testing is making it possible for thousands of families to recover and identify the skeletal remains of loved ones decades after they were murdered or disappeared. But some families are traumatized and distressed by these discoveries. 

DNA testing in The Hague

Cutting-edge DNA labs help identify people missing in conflicts and disasters

Justice