XI DAY OF REMEMBRANCE AND RECEPTION
"Synergies for the recognition of migrant persons disappeared in the Mediterranean"
OCTOBER 2, 2024 - 9.00 am - 1.30 pm
LAMPEDUSA AIRPORT HALL- 1ST FLOOR
Contrada Cala Francese – Lampedusa
Greetings:
- Tareke Brhane, President of Comitato 3 ottobre
Speakers:
- Cristina Cattaneo, Full Professor of forensic medicine and insurance at the department of biomedical science for health of the University of Milan, Director of Labanof (Forensic Anthropological and Odontological Lab)
- Salvatore Vella, Chief Prosecutor, Public Prosecutor’s Office of Gela
- Antonio Grande, Senior Medical Officer at Polizia di Stato
- Mahmoud Kaba, Project coordinator of ‘Mediterranean cooperation of csos on migration and missing
- Migrants’ - EuroMed Rights
- Sarah Klingeberg, Regional internal displacement and migration adviser for Europe and Central Asia, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) - Delegation to the European Union, NATO and the Kingdom of Belgium
- Goran Batić, International Commission on missing persons (ICMP)
- Andrea García Borja, Missing migrants project OIC | IOM
Moderator:
- Andrea Palamenghi, Labanof (Forensic Anthropological and Odontological Lab), State University of Milan
WORKING LANGUAGES: SIMULTANEOUS INTERPRETING SERVICE PROVIDED IN ITALIAN, ENGLISH,FRENCH AND ARABIC.
ZOOM LINK (TO JOIN WITH QUESTIONS) AND FACEBOOK LIVE STREAMING (TO ATTEND THE CONFERENCE) AVAILABLE ON COMITATO 3 OTTOBRE’S FACEBOOK PAGE
The conference is organized in collaboration with Labanof and under the patronage of the Italian Ministry of University and Research, the Italian Society of Legal Medicine and Insurance (SIMLA), and the University of Milan.
IDENTIFICATION OF VICTIMS
Thousands have been victims at sea, and only a small portion of them have been recovered or identified. The vast majority of those who have died in the Mediterranean remain completely unknown to this day, both in terms of the actual number and the identity of the victims.
From this perspective, particularly following the shipwreck off the coast of Lampedusa on October 3, 2013, there has been increased discussion and debate at various levels about the need not only to recover all the bodies of those who died at sea but also to give each one a name, an identity, and a proper burial. This is not only to preserve the dignity of the victims but also to provide their families with information and allow them to reunite with the remains of their loved ones.
Giving a name to all the victims of the Mediterranean represents a great challenge for Italy and Europe, a challenge that certainly presents practical difficulties, but one that can be overcome through collaboration between institutions, research bodies, scientific institutes, and organizations.
Since April 18, 2015, the October 3 Committee has been regularly engaged in efforts to identify the numerous victims of maritime tragedies. Currently, in Italy, there are thousands of migrants who died at sea and remain without a name.