Humanitarian forensic action in East Asia: where are we now? A concise review
Zixuan Zeng, Yehui Lv

TL;DR
This paper reviews the current state and potential of humanitarian forensic action in East Asia, highlighting its cultural foundations and the need for practical development.
Contribution
The paper provides a concise analysis of the ideological basis and feasibility of advancing humanitarian forensic action in East Asia.
Findings
East Asia has cultural and ideological foundations that support humanitarian forensic action.
Natural disasters and wars in the region highlight the need for improved humanitarian forensic applications.
Current research in East Asia focuses on developing forensic applications rather than social surveys or psychological care.
Abstract
Humanitarian forensic action (HFA) is practiced in many parts of the world. In recent years, with the development of forensic humanitarian methods and applications and the increasing inclusion or even prioritization of HFA by organizations and institutions, research in this field has evidenced greater depth and diversity, although perspectives from the humanities and some disciplines remain limited. In-depth inquiries into this topic and an analysis of regional humanitarian data reveal the existence of ideological and cultural foundations for HFA in East Asia. At the same time, given past occurrences of natural disasters and large-scale wars in this region, the need and motivation for advancing this field and developing HFA is considerable. Currently, because of a lack of practical experience of HFA in East Asia, research on this relevant topic in the region focuses on the development…
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TopicsDisaster Response and Management · Global Security and Public Health · Migration, Health and Trauma
