A Certificate course on Forensic Science, organised by the Bar Association of Sri Lanka to provide professional development training to legal professionals, will commence at the Bar Association Auditorium on May 30 at 3 p.m.
The course will include lectures on Forensic Evidence, Firearms and Ballistics, Questioned Documents, Crime Scene Investigations, Forensic Toxicology and Fingerprints, Pathological Evidence, Relevancy of Forensic Science in Murder Rape, Abduction and Child Abuse Cases, Legal Issues for Forensic Evidence in Sri Lankan Courts, DNA Typing and Profiling.
The Resource panel for the course include Emeritus Professor of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, University of Colombo, Professor Ravindra Fernando, President BASL, Kalinga Indatissa PC, U.R. de Silva PC, Professor of Forensic Medicine, University of Jayewardenepura, Muditha Vidanapathirana, SSC Madhawa Thennakoon, SSP Criminal Investigation Department, Shani Abeysekera, Government Analyst A. Welianga, Registrar of Fingerprints, Criminal Records Division, Chandana Perera and Senior Assistant Government Examiner of Questioned Documents, K.K.Apsara.