Medico-legal investigations of atrocities committed during the Solomon Islands "Ethnic Tensions"

Melanie S Archer, Malcolm J Dodd

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Abstract

Fifty exhumations and autopsies were conducted in the Solomon Islands between 2003 and 2006 as part of the medic-legal investigation into the Ethnic Tensions murders. The operations were ultimately successfu, with over 50 former militants having been arrested by April 2004.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationHandbook of Forensic Anthropology and Archaeology
EditorsSoren Blau, Douglas H Ubelaker
Place of PublicationWalnut Creek, California
PublisherLeft Coast Press, Inc
Pages388 - 396
Number of pages9
ISBN (Print)9781598740745
Publication statusPublished - 2009

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