Jordan Times
Monday, September 4, 2006

Conference on forensic sciences to convene int’l specialist starting Tuesday

AMMAN (Petra) — The first Jordanian International Conference on Forensic Sciences and Medicine will be held in Amman on Tuesday with the participation of 300 specialists from 52 Arab and foreign countries. President of the Jordanian Society of Forensic Medicine Mumen Hadidi said in a press conference the conference would be held under the banner of fighting all forms of violence whether directed against children, women or groups. The conference coincides with the convening of the second Islamic Countries Forensic Medicine Congress and the second of Arab Forensic Pathologists and Physicians Union. “Justice through Medicine and Technology for the Individual, Family, and Society” is the theme adopted by the three conferences to achieve the main objective of advancing criminological sciences and forensic medicine in the Arab and Islamic worlds, to achieve justice in society, defend human rights and to protect families.