FASE is an european association that aims to bring together several experts of forensic medicine and forensic science in the scientific and academic promotion and development of the discipline of forensic anthropology across Europe :

Forensic anthropology is the application of the science of physical anthropology to the legal process in order to identify human remains and assist in the detection of crime.

Due to the increasing number of single forensic cases (along with mass disasters and war-related crimes) requiring expertise in the retrieval, recovery, identification and medico-legal study of badly decomposed, burnt and skeletonised human remains, forensic anthropology is a discipline frequently requested by magistrates and courts.

Examples of cases in which expertise in forensic anthropology are required are: scenes of crime involving badly charred bodies, skeletonised remains, buried remains; the diagnosis of species of origin of skeletal remains; the diagnosis of post-mortem interval of skeletonised and/or buried remains; building a biological profile of unidentified remains (sexing, aging, diagnosis of race, stature, build, dental status, facial reconstruction); personal identification by comparison of bone and dental morphology, facial features); identification of living individuals; age determination of living individuals; the study and interpretation of trauma on skeletal remains, recovery and identification of victims of mass disasters, war crimes, torture).