Exhumations in Latin America: Current Status and Pending Challenges: A Psychosocial View

Susan Navarro-Garcia, Pau Perez-Sales, Alberto Fernandez-Liria, Peace & Conflict Review, Vol. 4, Issue 2 (2010)

This study reviews exhumation processes across 14 Latin American countries where mass massacres have occurred, noting the glaring lack of psychosocial support for families, despite the fact that participating in exhumations carry the risks of re-traumatisation. The study proposes that a psychosocial approach that center families during exhumations should be preferred over the forensic anthropological approach that is currently commonly used.