Forensic DNA at the service of Justice in ECUADOR

ECUADOR’S NATIONAL FORENSIC MEDICINE SERVICE LED THE INTERNATIONAL WEBINAR “FORENSIC DNA AT THE SERVICE OF JUSTICE IN ECUADOR”
The event was held on Thursday, October 20, 2022, through the Zoom platform at 5:00 p.m. (Ecuador time) and 342 people from public institutions in Ecuador (prosecutors, experts, lawyers, anthropologists, judges, forensic doctors, pathologists, dissectors, civil and police officials), and academia (students and teachers) of the Espíritu Santo University, University of Cuenca, International University of Ecuador, Ecotec University, University of the Hemispheres, IMF, Argos Institute. As for the international attendees, there were people from Mexico, Argentina and Colombia belonging to the expert services, cadaver identification, medical examiners, forensic medicine specialists from the Prosecutor’s Office and the Police.

The presentations were given by experts from Argentina, Guatemala and Ecuador. The objective was to establish the importance of forensic genetics as a vital role in criminal investigation and its application in the short, medium and long term through the creation of genetic fingerprinting databases.

As part of the organization of this important virtual event, the National Legal Medicine Service of Ecuador had the support and advice of Gordon Thomas Honeywell, through the campaign “Justicia Forense – DNA Latin America” and the endorsement of the Graduate School of Law of the Espíritu Santo University.

Authorities from the Attorney General’s Office of the State of Ecuador, the Ministry of the Interior, the Secretariat of Human Rights, the Council of the Judiciary, the National Assembly, the National Police of Ecuador, Universities of Ecuador and the Ibero-American Network of Institutions of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences were invited, with the purpose of the recipients disseminating the information with the staff of the institutions they preside over or with those interested in the theme of the event.