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War dead, trauma, and care: the differential reintegration of Vietnamese former combatants

Tâm T. T. Ngô & Đạt Nguyễn

This paper explores how Vietnamese former combatants navigate and contest the infrastructure of care and recognition (or lack thereof) for veterans, their families, and the war dead in postwar Vietnam. It examines efforts by veterans to establish...

Special issue introduction: Actions for the missing: scientific and vernacular forms of war dead accounting

Tâm T. T. Ngô and Sarah Wagner

This special issue examines Asian experiences of war and mass death in the previ- ous century, with case studies from China, Japan, Korea and Vietnam (North and South, among its diaspora and across multiple generations). In this introduction we...

The tombs of wind (Những ngôi mộ giό)

Tâm T. T. Ngô

This article details the remarkable involvement of the Vietnamese population in finding and naming half a million Vietnamese missing-in-action (MIAs). The secrecy that characterised Vietnam’s military operations during wartime, and the overlapping...

The Anthropological Process of Identifying Missing Persons as a Teaching Method for Increasing Awareness in Legal and Forensic Dentistry in the Republic of Cyprus

Kostis Giannakopoulos, Persefoni Lambrou, Eleftherios G. Kaklamanos and Anna Aristotelous

Forensic Odontology is a critical field within forensic science, with significant importance in legal contexts and the identification of victims in mass disasters or cases of abuse. This article focuses on the efforts made by the European University...

The Importance of Accounting for the Dead in Migration

Cate E. Bird and Austin Shangraw

This article highlights the importance of accounting for the dead in migration contexts, from international humanitarian law (IHL), international human rights law (IHRL), and forensic perspectives. Starting by reviewing obligations under IHL and IHRL...

The Texas Landscape: Accounting for Migrant Mortality and the Challenges of a Justice of the Peace Medicolegal System

Courtney C. Siegert, Molly A. Kaplan, Nicholas P. Herrmann, and M. Kate Spradley

This paper details the structural and resource challenges in Texas related to identifying migrant decedents, investigating their deaths, repatriating them, and adhering to legal and ethical requirements in addressing this humanitarian tragedy. While...

Youth on the Move, Travelling by sea and by land to Europe in 2023

This report focuses on youth “on the move” to Europe by sea and by land, a population category that includes adolescents (children between 14 and 17 years old) and young adults (18-24 years old). It highlights the profiles, needs and challenges faced...

OUR HOUR EP#3 Special Edition - Remembering the Missing through Food and Art

An interactive webinar with artists and families of the missing on how the arts can help them express memories of their loved ones and personal experiences.

Addressing missing persons arising from armed conflict as a driver of peace: Towards a research agenda

Simon Robbins and Jill Stockwell

International humanitarian law (IHL) provides the normative foundation for efforts to address the issue of missing persons during and after armed conflict. Whilst IHL does not engage with how parties to an armed conflict may go about restoring peace...

De-dehumanization: Practicing humanity

Natalie Deffenbaugh

The concept of humanity has been much discussed with respect to humanitarian work and international humanitarian law. There is today an idea of a single humanity, with each member equally valued beyond superficial differences in belief, nationality...