Carlos Farinha

Human identification as a fundamental right; prior legal issue, underpinning the operational, technical and scientific developmental procedures in this field.
The acronym DVI and the concept of Scenarios of exception – the differential diagnosis: Crime or Catastrophe, as the first problem demanding a solution.
International models – Interpol response and European response – brief visit to relevant organizational response models at the international level.
Closed and open accidents – explanation of these operative concepts and the progressive “closure” strategy, that is, the tendency to receive information that allows to identify the situation as resolved or “closed”.
AM, PM and reconciliation data, the traditional segments of human identification intervention,
The primary identifiers – Lofoscopy, DNA and Forensic Dentistry; definition, concepts and comparison between primary indicators,
Biometric databases – overview and the Portuguese reality.
Unforeseen contributions from other forensic sciences and secondary identifiers;
Assessment, AM Data, PM Data, Reconciliation and Procedural Validation, as an updated strategy of the traditional model.
A specific case – The road accident in Madeira in April 2019
Lessons Learned and Conclusions.