PETITION NO 1113/2014 BY EMILIO NUZZOLESE (ITALIAN) ON THE NEED FOR HARMONISED HUMAN IDENTIFICATION PROCEDURES ACROSS THE EUROPEAN UNION

INTERPOL DVI Forensic Odontology Working Group Lyon, France 23 May 2016

Petition no 1113/2014 Petition Summary The petitioner argues that the current diverging practices on the identification of human remains cause inefficiencies and delays in identification procedures. Whereas, according to Interpol standards, DNA, fingerprints and dental data should be used to identify human remains accurately, dental assessments are frequently overlooked as the focus is usually the cause of death. As a result of this incomplete data, it may be necessary to exhume the remains to identify the person and many persons (870 in Italy) remain unidentified. The petitioner therefore argues that a harmonised EU approach on human identification - following the work of the Interpol Disaster Victim Identification committee - should include a mandatory dental autopsy. He also proposes that post-mortem data should be recorded to enable comparison and matching in cross-border cases.

Reply to Petition no 1113/2014

Declared admissible on 10 April 2015. Information requested from Commission under Rule 216(6).

Principle III - Identification

Principle III - Identification

Dental Examination vs. Dental Autopsy ??

When jaws are present also a d e n t a l a u t o s p y s h o u l d b e performed by one or more dentists experts in forensic odontology and disaster victim identification.

Principle IV – General Considerations

Principle IV – General Considerations

General Considerations Dental X-rays?

When a dental autopsy is performed, full X-ray imaging of jaws should be performed.

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