EPAF is committed to strengthening the capacity of both the State and civil society to conduct rigorous investigations into cases of forced disappearance and extrajudicial execution. To achieve this objective, EPAF offers forensic training programs to prosecutors, judges, and members of human rights organizations both in Peru and around the world. Through EPAF’s field-based training programs, participants learn effective practices for collecting antemortem data; assessing and documenting a crime scene; recovering, analyzing and interpreting evidence; and maintaining Chain of Custody.
EPAF has expanded its forensic training program to the international level in response to the urgent need of prosecutors, human rights investigators and civil society actors in the Southern Hemisphere who continue to fight against systematic violations of human rights, including enforced disappearances and extrajudicial executions. To date, EPAF’s training program has increased the investigative capacity of counterparts in Peru, Colombia, Chile, Venezuela, the Philippines, Nepal and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Click here for more information on EPAF’s international forensic training programs.
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