The Crimes of War project is a model for this project. Their site is [http://www.crimesofwar.org http://www.crimesofwar.org].

KERNEL OF AN IDEA FOR AN ARTICLE: ”Idiot’s Guide to Evidence Triage” What is the minimum one can do to record a scene? If you are a journalist, a soldier, or a humanitarian worker, it is not your job to investigate potential criminal sites in war and post-conflict. However, there … Continue reading →

THE MASS GRAVE NEAR AL-MAHAWIL MILITARY BASE Iraq, May 15, 2003In 1991, farmers working near the al-Mahawil military basesurreptitiously watched the murder and burial of thousands of men,women, and children in a dusty plot of land nearby. For years they saidnothing, but with the fall of Saddam’s regime word spread … Continue reading →

[[Image:12690-3.JPG|frame|A skeleton in the morgue in Orahovac/Rahovec, Kosovo, being examined for a war crimes case, shows signs of torture and murder: a bullet through the head, a shattered leg, broken ribs, and shrapnel from a hand-grenade. (David I. Gross)]] Forensic victim identification is an entire theme, not a scene. Scripts … Continue reading →

To the Public (need text) To Photographers This booklet is meant to be a guide to a photographer. It’s a collection of generalized shooting scripts, or lists of topics, grouped by subject. There are also a few tidbits of information about things commonly encountered in war zones and in human … Continue reading →

[[Image:14920-2.JPG|right|frame|Excavator at work at the mass grave near the al-Mahawil military base in Iraq (David I. Gross)]] There are three possible funding sources: grants, organizations, and a publisher. I think we should go for all possibilities. The ICRC could supply funding, legal research and consulting. They could also submit articles. … Continue reading →

Based on a conversation with John Ralston: Adapting one's interviewing style for evidence collection. I think the idea is to help elicit specific answers of use for evidence collection, and to help a lay person ask questions useful for evidence. There is a section on interviewing in the Dermott's Human … Continue reading →

Welcome to ''The Evidence of War'' ''The Evidence of War'' is the collaborative development wiki system for the creation of the guide to understanding scenes of war and disaster. The book is conceived as a practical companion to ''Crimes of War.'' ''The Evidence of War'' will be a book, a … Continue reading →

Scripts Shooting Script * ??? Interviewing Script * ??? Possible Contributers Anneke Osse Article (see ''Understanding Police,'' by Anneke Osse)

Sometimes the pictures we do not shoot are the one's we think of most. These are not the images we "missed," when the Moment passed us by or we ran out of film. Rather, there are pictures we'd have taken if we simply had known to take them. In wars … Continue reading →