Speakers

Professor Hélène YAPO ETTÉ

Forensic physician. Full Professor at the Universities of the member states of CAMES.

First female Professor of Forensic Medicine in Côte d’Ivoire.
Founder of the Institute of Forensic Medicine in Abidjan and of the Ivorian Society of Forensic Medicine and Judicial Investigation (SIMIJ). Founder of the DES (Diploma of Specialized Studies) in Forensic Medicine in Côte d’Ivoire. Officer in the Order of Ivorian Merit. Expert at the Courts of Abidjan. Recipient of the 2016 Excellence Award for Best Senior Health Executive in Côte d’Ivoire.

Dr Abir AISSAOUI BADRAOUI

Professor of Legal Medicine (Hospital-University) - Monastir Medical School

Head of Forensic Medicine Department – Taher Sfar University Hospital Center – Mahdia

Vice President of the National Institution for the Prevention of Torture (INPT)

Mohamed M. Soumah

Full Professor of Forensic Medicine, Cheikh Anta Diop University, Dakar, Senegal

Director of the Specialized Studies Diploma in Forensic Medicine. Head of the Department of Forensic Medicine and Occupational Medicine, Health and Safety, Idrissa Pouye General Hospital. Court-appointed expert, Approved expert for the National Council of Donation and Transplantation (CNDT). Secretary General of the Senegalese Society of Forensic Medicine (SOSEMEDLEG), Member of the Medical Society of French-speaking Black Africa (Dakar Médical), African Society of Forensic Medicine (ASFM), French Society of Forensic Medicine (SFML), American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS). Knight of the National Order of the Lion. Research areas: clinical forensic medicine, sexual assault, ethics, medical law, forensic anthropology.

Luis Fondebrider

Professor of Forensic Anthropology

Founding member of the Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team (EAAF), an organization dedicated to identifying victims of human rights violations. His work has contributed to uncovering the fate of people who disappeared during the Argentine military dictatorship and to conducting forensic investigations worldwide. He has participated in missions in more than 60 countries, including Mexico, Colombia, Ethiopia, and former Yugoslavia. Fondebrider was also director of the forensic unit of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Switzerland until 2022 and currently works as a consultant based in Madrid.

Professor Domingos Vita

Scientist and International Consultant in Public Health and Clinical Forensic Medicine

Professor Domingos Vita is Scientist and International Consultant in Public Health and Clinical Forensic Medicine. Graduated with a PhD in Medicine, specialized in Infectious Diseases such as (Tuberculosis) at University Autonomo de Barcelona in Spain and Expert on Clinical Forensic Medicine at University of Montpellier, Faculty of Medicine under Professor Eric Baccino Supervision, Master’s degree in Health Sciences at University of Roehampton in London, Master degree on control of Infectious Diseases at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, also graduated with a BSc (Hons) Degree in Public Health at University of East London. Founder of Vita International Health Agency based in London-UK, associate Professor at University of Oscar Ribas in Luanda-Angola, Instituto Superior Tecnico Militar (ISTM)-Faculty of Medicine in Angola and GEETA University in India. Senior Health Advisor at DSS/EMG/FAA-Angola.

Norbert Telmon

University Professor of Forensic Medicine and Health Law
Head of the Forensic Medicine Department at Toulouse University Hospital

Norbert Telmon is a University Professor of Forensic Medicine and Health Law and Head of the Forensic Medicine Department at Toulouse University Hospital since 2011. He holds an HDR (Habilitation to Supervise Research) and a Doctorate in Anthropology, and has also been Director of the FOSSIL team (Forensic Sciences and the Study of Image Libraries) since 2021. He served as President of the French Society of Forensic Medicine (2016-2019) and is currently President of the National University Council for Forensic Medicine and Health Law. He has supervised numerous theses in the field of forensic medicine and anthropobiology. He is responsible for several courses at the University of Toulouse, including the University Diploma in “Personal Injury Assessment.” He has also been involved in teaching forensic medicine in Dakar for more than 20 years. His publications include 172 PubMed citations and an h-index of 25.

Nassim Macher

Forensic pathologist and medical expert in criminal, civil and medical liability assessments.

Member of several forensic medicine societies: Algerian, French, Maghrebian, African, FASE, BAFA and ISFRI.
Forensic Pathologist at the IML Antilles in Guadeloupe, I also work on the islands of Saint Martin and Saint Barthélemy.
I have also worked in prison settings in Algeria and France in contact with migrants of different nationalities.

Pr. Ahmed BELHOUSS

Professor of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Casablanca, Morocco

  • Professor of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Casablanca, Morocco
  • Professor of Forensic Medicine at the Institute of Forensic Medicine, Ibn Rochd University Hospital Center, Casablanca, Morocco
  • Director of the University Diploma “Medical Law and Medical Liability Expertise”
  • Director of the University Diploma “Clinical Forensic Medicine”
  • Founder of the Moroccan Society of Forensic Medicine
  • President of the Moroccan Society of Medical Law
  • Founding member of the Maghreb Society of Forensic Medicine
  • Member of the Board of Directors of the Mediterranean Society of Forensic Medicine
  • Former Assistant at the Center of Forensic Medicine of Charleroi, Free University of Brussels, Belgium
  • President of the National Commission for Continuing Medical Education of the National Order of Physicians
  • Author of the book entitled “Le droit medical: Aspects déontologiques et juridiques de la relation médecin – malade”

Professeur Mamadou Lamine SOW

Full Professor – Former Head of Legal Medicine and Occupational Medicine Department

  • Former Technical Health Inspector – Ministry of Health and Medical Prevention
  • Former President of the National Order of Physicians of Senegal
  • Founding President of the Association of Corporate Physicians of Senegal (AMES)
  • Founding President of the Research and Study Association on Bodily Harm in Africa (AREDOCA)
  • Former Director of Education for the Certificate of Specialized Studies in Occupational Medicine
  • Former Director of Education for the Certificate of Specialized Studies in Legal Medicine/Expertise
  • Former Lecturer at the National Police and Gendarmerie Schools
  • President of the Higher Education Mutual Fund
  • Certificate of Specialized Studies in Legal Medicine and Legal Compensation for Bodily Harm, Paris
  • Certificate of Specialized Studies in Occupational Medicine
  • Diploma in Leprology, Dakar
  • Diploma in Applied Tropical Medicine, Dakar
  • DEUG in Legal Sciences, Faculty of Legal and Economic Sciences, UCAD
  • Consultant to the ILO (International Labour Organization), UNIFEM, and the University Agency of the Francophonie (formerly AUPELF)
  • Member of the French-speaking Black Africa Medical Society
  • Foreign Corresponding Member of the Society of Legal Medicine and Criminology of France
  • Member of the International Academy of Legal Medicine and Social Medicine
  • Member of the Society of Psychopathology and Mental Hygiene of Dakar
  • Member of the International Commission on Occupational Health
  • Member of the Academy of Sciences and Technology of Senegal
  • Emeritus Member, National Academy of Sciences and Technology of Senegal
  • Officer in the Order of Academic Palms of the French Republic
  • Knight in the National Order of the Lion of Senegal
  • Officer in the National Order of the Lion of Senegal

Danilo De Angelis

Professor of Legal Medicine at the University of Milan, Italy.

Danilo De Angelis is Professor of Legal Medicine at the University of Milan, Italy. He is a forensic odontologist at LabAnOF (Forensic Anthropology and Odontology Laboratory), University of Milan, specializing in personal identification and age estimation. His forensic and humanitarian work includes the identification of migrants, including in disaster victim scenarios, the age assessment of unaccompanied minors and the evaluation of traumatic injuries and lesions. He participates in national and international research projects, is the author of numerous international scientific publications, serves as Assistant Editor for the journal Forensic Science International and collaborates with international organizations such as the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology).