The Minnesota protocol on the investigation of potentially unlawful death (2016)
Subtitle: the revised United Nations manual on the effective prevention and investigation of extra-legal, arbitrary and summary executions
By: United Nations Human Rights, Office of the High Commissioner
Publisher: United Nations Human Rights, Office of the High Commissioner
Published: 2017
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 87
ISBN-13: 9789211542202; 9789210605823
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Mass murder investigation; Handbooks, manuals; Murder; Investigation; Medical jurisprudence; Targeted killing (International law); Disappeared persons (International law); Crimes against humanity (International law)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Aims and scope of the 2016 Minnesota protocol; title: International legal framework. The right to life ; Accountability and remedy ; The triggering and scope of the duty to investigate ; Elements and principles of investigations; title: Professional ethics; title: Conduct of an investigation. General principles of investigations ; The investigation process ; Interviews and witness protection ; Recovery of human remains ; Identification of dead bodies ; Types of evidence and sampling ; Autopsy ; Analysis of skeletal remains; title: Detailed guidelines. Detailed guidelines on crime-scene investigation ; Detailed guidelines on interviews ; Detailed guidelines on the excavation of graves ; Detailed guidelines on autopsy ; Detailed guidelines on the analysis of skeletal remains; title: Glossary; title: Annex 1. Anatomical sketches ; Annex 2. Case details form ; Annex 3. Firearm wound chart ; Annex 4. Stab wound/laceration chart ; Annex 5. Adult dental chart.