Guidance document

Committee on Missing Persons in Cyprus. Bi Communal Forensic Team. Standard Operating Procedures. Field.

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Author
Committee on Missing Persons (CMP) in Cyprus Bi Communal Forensic Team
Region
Europe and Central Asia
Thematic Area
Mechanisms / Forensics
Topic
Recovery of remains / Excavation / Exhumation / Information Management (Archive/Database/Register) / Identification / Burial Site / Mass Grave
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The mandate of the Committee on Missing Persons in Cyprus (CMP) is to establish the fate of missing persons in Cyprus and to look into cases of persons reported missing in the inter communal fighting (1963-64) and the events of July 1974 and onwards. The project is carried out by bi-communal teams of Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot scientists.

The primary functions of the CMP BCFT are to:
• Direct scientifically sound recoveries for missing persons related to the conflict in Cyprus during the years of 1962-63 and 1974.
• Establish identifications of individuals under the CMP’s jurisdiction.

For every site that is visited by the CMP Bi Communal Forensic Team (BCFT) there are standard operating procedures that must be followed and designated forms that need to be completed. The following document outlines the Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) of the BCFT field team.

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