Minsk hosted the III International Scientific and Practical Conference “Forensic Science: Theory and Practice in Modern Conditions”

From April 26 to 28, on the basis of the State Forensic Examination Committee of the Republic of Belarus, the III International Scientific and Practical Conference “Forensic Examination: Theory and Practice in Modern Conditions” and a solemn event on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the State Committee were held.

The conference was attended by representatives of the Russian Federation, Vietnam, China, Azerbaijan, Armenia, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan. The Kyrgyz side was represented by retired police colonel Kanat Imanaliev, who served as the head of the Forensic Service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kyrgyzstan from 2007 to 2022. He has worked fruitfully in the forensic departments of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for more than 30 years. At the moment Kanat Imanaliev is the Chairman of the Council of Veterans of the Forensic Service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic.

“I want to congratulate Alexei Alexandrovich and all Belarusian colleagues on the tenth anniversary of the State Committee for Forensic Examinations! Special thanks to the veterans of the service. I wish you all good health, well-being and further success in your noble cause.

Such international conferences are of great importance for development of the forensic system. The expansion and intensification of business contacts undoubtedly contributes to deeper contacts between expert organizations, regardless of their state or non-state status. Such meetings, and conferences help us to work out a priority line of joint actions for the nearest future, based on our strategic development plans,” Kanat Imanaliev noted in his report.

In addition, Kanat Imanaliev informed the audience that on March 16-17, 2023, the first international scientific and practical conference “Actual issues of theory and practice of forensic examination in modern conditions. Non-state forensic expertise as an alternative tool of justice” was held in Bishkek.

“The conference, organized at the initiative of the Council of Veterans of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Forensic Service of the Kyrgyz Republic, was attended by representatives of the Parliament, the Supreme Court, the General Prosecutor’s Office of the Kyrgyz Republic, the National Institute for Strategic Studies under the President, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the State Committee for National Security, the Ministry of Justice, as well as state and non-state organizations of forensic examinations of Eurasian countries – Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Russia, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan. More than 50 experts from different countries became guests of the event. The conference decided to establish the International Association of Forensic Expertise of European and Asian countries, which should contribute to the improvement of integration processes within the Eurasian space,” said the police colonel in reserve.

During the III International Scientific and Practical Conference, sectional meetings were attended by experts and researchers in the field of forensic science and forensic medicine. The experts exchanged their best practices in different types of expertise.

Source: Press Service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic