The Peruvian Forensic Anthropology Team (EPAF - epafperu.org), in partnership
with the government of the self-declared Republic of Somaliland, completed the
first phase of an international forensic training program in Hargeisa,
Somaliland last October. The Center for Justice and Accountability (CJA - cja.org) is a proud sponsor of this
program, which will help determine the universe of missing people through a
systematic approach, ante mortem data collection and research of mass and
clandestine graves.
EPAF is currently accepting applications and has extended the deadline to March
30, 2013. Program participants will have the opportunity to join the
second phase of this project, which will run from May 5 to May 31, 2013.
Applicants from all disciplines are welcome:
Participation in the field school represents a fundamental experience for
anybody interested in post-conflict studies, peace studies, human rights,
forensics, transitional justice, memory, gender, or any related subject.
From 1969 to 1991, president and military dictator Siad
Barre oversaw a campaign of widespread atrocities that decimated Somali civil
society. To quash separatist movements in the 1980s, the Somali Armed Forces
targeted civilians in the northwest, modern-day Somaliland, culminating in the
bloody 1988 siege of the regional capital Hargeisa, which claimed at least
5,000 civilian lives.
This past August, U.S. Federal Judge Leonie Brinkema awarded
$21 million in compensatory and punitive damages against former Somali General
Mohamed Ali Samantar for his role in the slaughter. This judgment marks the
first time that any Somali government official has been held accountable for
the atrocities perpetrated under that regime.
» To see a short film about the field school, including an
interview with our client, Aziz Deria, click here.
» For more information and an application, click here. If you have any questions regarding this field
school, please email EPAF at: fieldschool@epafperu.org
About the Center for Justice and Accountability
The Center for Justice and Accountability is an
international human rights organization dedicated to deterring torture and
other severe human rights abuses around the world and advancing the rights of
survivors to seek truth, justice and redress. CJA uses litigation to hold
perpetrators individually accountable for human rights abuses, develop human
rights law, and advance the rule of law in countries in transition from periods
of abuse.
About the Peruvian Forensic Anthropology Team
The Peruvian Forensic Anthropology Team (EPAF) is a
non-profit organization that promotes the right to truth, justice, and
guarantees of non-repetition in cases of forced disappearance and extrajudicial
execution. EPAF seeks to contribute to the consolidation of peace and democracy
where grave human rights violations have taken place by working alongside the
families of the disappeared to find their loved ones, gain access to justice,
and improve the conditions affecting their political and economic development
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