Corpses of Mass Violence: Changing practice in forensic exhumations

Narrative

Dreyfus’s research examines the treatment of human remains during and after mass violence and genocide. The collaborative Corpses of Mass Violence programme and Dreyfus’s individual research have: 1) altered processes of mass grave exhumation by NGOs; 2) contributed to the work of the International Committee of the Red Cross and the UN Human Rights Council to develop new guidance and standards for the treatment of the dead in humanitarian emergencies and for the handling of mass graves; 3) informed the training of forensics students in France and medical and legal practitioners working in Africa; and 4) influenced the practices of researchers in medical and research institutions, including informing the work of a German medical research institute in its ongoing effort to address its own treatment of Holocaust victims.

Impact date	2014 → 2020
Category of impact	Awareness and understanding, Attitudes and behaviours, Policy, Society and culture