Report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the right to the truth and on forensic genetics and human rights

The present report is submitted pursuant to resolutions 9/11 and 10/26 of the Human Rights Council, in which the Council requested the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights “to prepare a report, to be presented to the Council at its fifteenth session, on the use of forensic experts in case of gross violations of human rights with a view to identifying trends and best practices in this regard” and “to request information from States, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations on best practices in the use of forensic genetics for identifying victims of serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian law with a view to considering the possibility of drafting a manual that may serve as a guide for the application of forensic genetics, including, where appropriate, the voluntary creation and operation of genetic banks, with appropriate safeguards”.