Spain Regulates State DNA Bank to Identify Victims of the War and Dictatorship and Stolen Babies
The Spanish government adopted Royal Decree 807/2026 on October 7, setting the organisation and operating rules of the State DNA Bank of Victims of the War and the Dictatorship. The decree was published in the Official State Gazette on October 8 and enters into force on April 8, 2027.
The bank was created by Article 23 of the 2022 Democratic Memory Law. It is attached to the Ministry of the Presidency, Justice and Relations with the Cortes and will be managed by the National Institute of Toxicology and Forensic Sciences (INTCF). Its function is to receive and store the DNA profiles of victims of the War and the Dictatorship and their relatives, as well as of persons affected by the theft of newborns, so that profiles can be compared to establish identification and genetic filiation.
The decree has nine articles, three additional provisions and three final provisions, regulating the types of genetic profiles and associated data, the participating laboratories, and the applicable ethical and biosafety requirements. The bank will be accessible electronically, with genetic profiles kept separate from personal identity data.
The government says the system answers the longstanding demand of families who do not know the whereabouts of their relatives, most of them in mass graves, so that victims can be identified and given a dignified burial.
(Source: Official State Gazette of Spain)
Source: Official State Gazette of Spain
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