A forum on forensic science and medicine kicked off on Sunday at Naif Arab University of Security Sciences (NAUSS) under the motto “Toward a joint Arab collaboration on criminal evidences,” Saudi Press Agency said.

The three-day forum, which is being organized by the College of Criminal Evidences at NAUSS, in collaboration with the Arab Society for Criminal Evidences and Forensic Medicine, will be addressed by 140 experts representing 14 Arab countries including Jordan, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain, Algiers, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Oman, Qatar, Kuwait, Lebanon, Egypt, Morocco, Mauritania, Yemen, in addition to organizations that have relevance to the forum.

The forum is primarily aimed to acquaint attendees with the latest developments on criminal evidences and forensic medicine, provide an analysis of the current situation in the Arab countries and its role to bring about comprehensive security in these countries, the agency said.

The attendees will also be briefed on the educational needs to implement that role appropriately and other successful practices and experiences in the field at the regional and global levels.

Addressing the forum, President of NAUSS Dr. Jamaan Rashid bin Raqush said the university gave utmost importance to the subject of criminal evidences and associated labs as well as training which, he said, will enable investigators to realize justice and security.

The university has made great strides in qualifying Arab security cadres and provided them with the latest developments on forensic sciences. It is hoped that the forum will come up with practical recommendations that will contribute to raising the efficiency of those who are working in the area.

Later, the forum sat in two sessions where the first explored the latest developments on forensic medicine by a number of experts while the second session dealt with teaching the criminal evidences sciences at NAUSS.




In the upcoming sessions, the forum will discuss a series of scientific papers including material evidences and legal dimensions, the contribution of forensic medicine to a fair trial, use of nano technology in criminology, and aspects of unifying standards in criminal evidences and forensic medicine in Arab countries.