Dr. Derek Congram
Dr. Derek Congram is a Forensic specialist for the International
Committee of the Red Cross Delegation for East Asia in Beijing. He is a board-certified (DLAF, #20) forensic anthropologist and archaeologist, specializing
in medico-legal and humanitarian applications. His work, teaching, and research
focus is on the investigation of disappeared persons: their location,
identification, repatriation, and memorialization. He has worked in more than
20 countries for governments, universities, non-governmental, and international
organizations, including the United Nations, International Criminal Court,
United States Departments of Justice and Defense and the Argentine Forensic
Anthropology Team. His primary interests are the Geographic Information Science
(GIS) analysis of body disposal in conflict contexts and professional ethics.
He promotes victim families as being central to forensic and humanitarian
investigations.